Sunday, 16 August 2015

Recent Happenings...

Life has been pretty busy here over the past few months. In addition to regular language and culture study, we have kept busy with visitors, meetings, potlucks, birthdays, and a regional conference. 

Mock language evaluation
Sharing a meal with our church planting consultants
Ladies' meeting at our regional conference
When we  moved to this area, the ladies in my neighbourhood told me that rainy season starts at the beginning of June, right when their kids go back to school after summer break. They said that it always floods and school ends up getting cancelled.

Well this year the rain didn't start until the middle of July. We were beginning to doubt that there really is such a thing as rainy season in this province! Then it rained almost continuously for two weeks... 
It was so humid that water drops collected under my salt shaker!
Oops! I don't think that's the way it's supposed to work!!
Although it can be extremely humid when there's continuous rain, the weather is generally cooler, which is a welcome change from hot and humid! 
Rain makes it cool enough that I can actually enjoy a cup of tea

Since those two weeks of rain in July, we have had the occasional rainy day, but it seems like hot, sunny days are still the norm. I'm still not entirely convinced that rainy season actually exists! Haha. 

Drinking soft drink from a bag on a hot, sunny day