From now until the new year, it is officially rainy season in Ahuas. For the first few weeks, the rain came in dumps where it would rain hard for about 15 minutes and then pass. Now a storm will last for entire days. This latest storm started Friday afternoon and lasted until Saturday night. And now it comes in sheets accompanied by crashes of thunder and lightning. Last night I watched a movie at the mission base and was walking back at about 10pm. It was pitch black but then every few seconds lightning would light up the sky like it was noon and I could see for miles!
The best part of the rain was Saturday afternoon. If you remember from my previous post, Saturday afternoons is when the soccer games are played. It must have rained the hardest of the entire storm for the four hours that there were games. But as normal, not one game was missed. And when it would start to rain harder, I would hear screams... immediately followed by laughter. After the game, Peter told me that the water on the field was ankle deep in some spots. Team Clinica won regardless, 5-2, with Peter scoring another goal. For those of you keeping track at home, Clinica is still unbeaten and is in first place out of six teams in the standings.
"And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow." - Gilbert K. Chesterton
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