The Sky Is Falling!!!!

So today began for Diana and I like any other of our few days in Honduras. We woke up at an ungodly hour in order to be sure that we caught the teacher bus to school. We were a little sluggish this morning, not even being able to eat breakfast, because of a somewhat late night. Despite the slow start, we made it to school and began our routine. Devotions early in the morning, followed by meetings and a little free time to lesson plan and what not. After lunch Diana found a few extra minutes to come and help me spruce up my room, so we went down to the library to grab some posters. While in the library we begin to hear rain pounding on the tin roof. The noise quickly rises to a fever pitch and continues for about thirty minutes or so. Rain is coming down from the sky in sheets. Within minutes all the lower levels of the school begin to flood. Diana and I take off our shoes to traverse the newly formed lake standing between us and the main building.

After hearing that our place has a leaky roof a friend of ours, Johnny, offers to give us a ride back to our place to check out the damage and get anything out of water that might have been under a leak. On the ride back we are able to see that the streets have turned into small rivers. Trees have blown over. The water was carrying pieces of the road away with its current. It was quite a sight to see.

Once we arrived at home we saw some water in the living room as we approached. The water was right where my Xbox power cable was! I was worried. We entered. Luckily there was only a thin layer of water here and I had decided to unplug my Xbox before leaving just in case there was a power surge or something, not even having rain and water in mind. Moving on to other parts of the house we realized that conditions were not too bad all things considered. Our bed was a little wet and the guest bedroom had quite a bit of water. We were about to leave to head back to school when I went to further investigate the back room. Behind the back room is our laundry room. Upon entering the laundry room I noticed a ton of water on the ground. After observing this I looked up to find the clouded sky as our new roof!

As I write this there are guys wrapping up repairs at our place. The neighbor below us was helping with repairs because his family owns the whole complex and these were the words he had for us “Bienvenidos a Honduras!” The response of my thoughts, OMG!!!!!