Monday, October 6, 2008

The Rains Are Here

The rains are here! I've learned the "short rains" do not mean

"short showers" but it means it will only last a couple months.

Yesterday, Saturday, we were visiting door to door in

Kawangware & the "short rains" moved in on us. It began

to "fall" hard and fast. They don't call it rain. They say

it is going to "fall". It did just that. I was completely soaked.

It is "falling" a lot lately, every day it "falls".


The power here is off a lot because of the rains. Generators are

being used in many areas.


The ground in Kawangware is a mess after it rains. It is muddy

and slippery. Each step is planned carefully as you feel the

earth grabbing to keep your shoes. Red mud is caked to everyone's

shoes. Puddles develop quickly as the clay like earth refuses

to let the rain down into the ground.


Women begin to gather water from the muddy diseased puddles.

Life becomes harder for the people of Kawangware .

They continue on.

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