The rains are coming

After nearly 6 months of no rain, the first rains that fall are soo sweet. It's like a reminder of God's faithfulness. Never late, just on time and sometimes even earlier than you expect. We have been getting our first few rains. Of course there are downfalls as well. While it's raining it's cool, afterwards it heats up and gets really humid until the next rain. After rainy season is in full swing the time lapse between rains won't be so great and the humidity might not build as much. In a month or so the grass will come up again and we'll have a yard, like what you see in the background of this picture.
Right now our yard looks like the background in this picture. Elianna seems to attract dirt. It's a bit hard to tell from the picture but her face is pretty dirty.

In preparation for rainy season the people burn their field to prepare for planting. Here's some smoke from one of those burning times. It sort of looks like our house is on fire.

The burning fields and the smoke can really stink. Depending on the wind you might even get a layer of ask in your house. Fun fun!
Not to mention it blocks the sunlight so it's harder for our solar system to charge!

This is the road right near our base. It's hard to tell but the big trees in the foreground are in full bloom with beautiful red flowers. It was a breath of fresh air in the midst of a mainly brown landscape.

Mothers Day

A wonderful Mothers Day walk.
To find a peaceful river, with even a canoe at the edge. There was also a tadpole 'hole' that Aidan found at the end. He was able to bring some home in a little jar we found on the rocks.

Over wooden bridges.

Down dirt paths.

We walked through recently burned field still smoking.

Happy Mothers Day and misc.

Rainy season is soon upon us but many of the trees are getting flowers and new leaves now. Here's a pretty flower on one of those trees. When you see a big tree full of these red flowers in the midst of otherwise dry looking things it's beautiful.

I know, you don't see many pictures of me. We were going to the village for a wedding.

The kiddos. Aidan loves to wear the headlamp when given a chance.

Some 'lion' pictures the kids drew a while ago.

Our friend Pete with a black cobra that he and pete killed.

Someone saw the snake and was able to trap it in their storage shed. Then the guys went on a snake hunt. I guess pete was the one the actually got it. They sort of clubbed it to death with a stick. It was about 4 feet long.

Raindrops

Sorry it's been a while since we've posted. The last couple times I've tried it hasn't worked really well. We're doing well. We've even had 2 nice rain showers and a few sprinkles last night. It's fabulous but increases the humidity.
If you don't get our e-updates I'll let you in on our 'news.' We're expecting a baby in December. Surprise! We'll be coming home sometime this summer so that Aidan can go to school. We'll probably live in Ontario but travel as well.