The hurricane was nothing compared to the rain we received yesterday. The day started out warm and sunny. About 2:00pm it started raining. This is nothing unusual for rainy season, but this time it just didn't stop. We had thunder, lightening, and fierce rain. In the center of town where the central Market is, it flooded quite badly. Several of the people from our church were there and told us that the streets where rivers. People were literally swimming for their lives. Four people lost their lives in the floods. One pregnant woman was trying to save her store and was carried away. It was pretty bad. Most of these "stores" are just tables with a tarp overhead for protection. Because the President closed everything up for the day of the hurricane and day after most of these people were just getting back to work after two days of lost revenues. To have a flooding rain on that day made everything worse.
One couple, Xiomara and Rueben, couldn't make it to church as they couldn't get a bus out of town in time. Praise the Lord they were not hurt in any way.
When we got to church we had a surprise waiting for us. In Ojojona water only comes twice a week. Thursday morning was one of those times. After church on Sunday someone opened the faucet that we use to get water when it is available. The faucet runs in to a 50 gallon drum. That drum was full and there was about 6 inches of standing water on the floor. We had to take brooms, mops, dustpans, and anything else we could find and clean the water out before we could have a service. What a mess. I think I have seen enough water for a lifetime in the past 24 hours
WOW... that's amazing... you guys sure do have a lot of adventures serving the Lord over there... I'm sure they grow tiresome. I appreciate your service and sacrifice for the Lord. It is a great example.
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