After fixing up the car, afternoon/evening arrived, and with the evening came THE RAIN! As they would say here, "Bigges mob rain!" It absolutely bucketed rain for many hours, and the kids loved it! Here's a video of the kids jumping on the trampoline in the rain with their friend, Kiko!
As much fun as the kids had, there was so much rain in the evening! A big lightning storm was also part of the excitement. Unfortunately, it struck a powerline here in Barunga, and we went without power all night until about 9:30 this morning. Praise the Lord it was cool, and also that our food didn't go bad in that amount of time! :)
Though I was concerned in the evening, Cheri was a blessing to me. She said, "Jared, will you play guitar?" Our neighbors' across the street power came on before ours last night, because they must have had a different powerline connected to their house. I was a bit bummed that ours wasn't on and was thinking about the food in the fridge going bad. We ended up simply singing some old hymns together, and then went to bed. We were very thankful for our flashlights, and the kindness of our neighbors.
One of the ladies across the street, Queenie, noticed that their power was on, and ours wasn't. Queenie is one of the church ladies here in Barunga. She said, "Perhaps your meter ran out of credit? I felt the Lord leading me to give you a power card." So she gave us her spare power card in hopes that it would give us power. One act of kindness was a big blessing to us, especially in the rain and frustration of the moment. When we looked at our credit and saw that it was still good, we told her it was fine, but she insisted we keep the power card. What a blessing!
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