"The rain in Spain..."

This is the rainy season in Honduras. It has rained hard and long on each of the last several days. Every day there are reports in the newspaper about sections of the city that have experienced severe and even fatal flooding. The hilly conditions exacerbate the rain as it runs down the hills and collects in places faster than the ground or systems (where there are any) can handle it.

A further effect of the rain is that it deteriorates the roads, particularly the dirt roads that predominate outside the city. This had a direct impact on church yesterday as all of our attendees that live and work out at Rancho Ebenezer were stranded there since the road is almost impassable. The city roads are impacted as well as potholes grow or appear and weak patch jobs are washed away.

I was giving one of the church guards a ride home the other day as one of the storms was tapering off and we were observing the water gushing down the hillside. He commented that it was ironic that come summertime their will be government warnings and laments regarding the water shortages while at present we are inundated. This is just one of the rhythms of life here in Honduras.