Rain

Hello gents, ladies, and small fuzzy animals from Alpha 6 (Hitchhikers Guide)

I know it has been a while coming but its finally here, the new, the improved, the very very very late MIA BLOG!!!!! Many may be wondering just what this blog is about and for the slow ones who haven't guessed by the title its about.... the.....RAIN (ooooohhhh awwwwwwwww)....lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of rain, some of you may recall me saying there had been none for my three and a half months here, well it finally came today, and I mean it CAME!!! Some of the boys and I where digging a new hole for our drainage water to flow into, this hole has a 9ft radius, and is 18ft deep, (well not yet but thats how big it has to be), the boys wanted to go get some water and just before I could send them for some we all started to feel rain drops, so we got out of the hole and put away our tools. I turned them and said "see you in 5 minutes when this little rain stops" only it didn't and it wasn't little it rained for 2 hours, it was coming down like water from a tap!

So much in fact that my short walk from the hole to the office got me looking like I took a swim in Lake Victoria, but it didn't stop there, it started to hail as well.....yes I said hail........no I'm not joking it was hailing........ I already told you I'm not joking it was hailing, hail stones the size of acorns!!!.......just keep reading if you don't believe me, and if you do believe me keep reading! So this went on for about 2 hours, when it was over it looked like Canada in March...for about 5 minutes before the sun came out and melted all the hail but still it was cool. Now some of you might be wondering just how much water fell, well remember that hole I was telling you about? It now has about a foot of water if not more in it, so Starehe now has a swimming pool!!! At least until the sun comes out and zaps the water in 5 minutes time.

We also got new kids at our wonderful orphanage today :D One is called Kerwah (meaning first born) and the other is named Dohtoe (meaning second born) I know what your thinking, the names must have been hard to come up with but thats what all the twins get named in Tanzania I'm told. I personally would have named them something much better like Thing 1 and Thing 2 but they didn't ask me.

So thats my little adventure for today, I most say that I'm glad it finally rained it smells so much cleaner here now, the roads are all in bad shape but at least it smells clean, that and I finally got to bless the rain down in Africa! Anyways I'll try and post something new again sooner, but I'm a busy guy with all this rain and baby twins and tree cutting and wall building and school going, so if its not up super soon you all know way. So until next time God bless and take care