Rain Rain Go AWAY!!!

So based on our recent weather pattern, we're back in the rainy season. It's been a long time since we've seen this much rain. Too bad that rain didn't come earlier this year when we needed it. In Uganda, people rely on crops to survive whether it be for their own sustenance or to be used as a source of income (or both). We didn't get enough rain to sustain much of the crops that we were growing on our new land. Also because of lack of rain and thus fewer crops, prices for food are increasing at an alarming rate. It's still super inexpensive compared to food costs in the U.S., but the people here suffer because their income cannot compete with inflation.

As for me, I really enjoy the rain, especially the thunderstorms since as a Californian, I saw few of those in my lifetime. The other nice thing is that thunderstorms and rain in Uganda doesn't last for days on end like in California. We get short storms for about an hour or two then it's over. The bad side, the side I really dislike, is that when it rains a lot other problems occur. For one, our kids can't play in our field because it morphs into a pond/lake/river. (see picture - you can't see the river moving in the back, but that line of water is a rushing flood of water). Keep in mind also that only the main roads are paved and thus everything else is muddy which is no fun if you are walking or on a boda. Even on those paved roads, rain means potholes at the least and during a good pouring, floods! Most of all, I hate rain when it affects me. It seems to rain on days that I do laundry (or other people do laundry for me) or days when I want to play basketball.

Yesterday, it rained for a good 2 hours in the morning and then around lunch I saw the black clouds creeping in again. I immediately began to rebuke them in the Name of Jesus because I selfishly didn't want my Tuesday basketball game to get "rained out". Thank you Jesus for listening even with my selfish motives.