Rain
Aug 17th, 2009 by kelley johnson
It rained in Matara this week. This is the first rain since the families moved onto the land, the first rain that found them with weather-proof homes to retreat to while the rain poured down. The families all remained dry during the rain… a first for them!
In other villages where they came from, like Bubanza, the grass huts were no protection from the rains. There was no where they could go to escape the wetness, the cold, the downpour. Everything they had would end up drenched, including their children. When rains came, I always thought of the Batwa friends and said a prayer. I knew they were so vulnerable and without protection. But this rain… I smiled knowing our friends in Matara has shelter that would keep all the families dry!
It is a drop of good news…
This makes me smile – just imagining them inside their homes, dry, watching the rain come down! What good news!
I was thinking the other day when it rained about Bubanza….but this makes me happy…there is hope…I love it!