When it Rains...It pours....seriously

I know that phrase ¨When it rains it pours¨usually refers to how when something bad happens to someone...usually many bad things follow. But in our case we are talking about the literal rain. There are moments of sun....then of all of the sudden it pours...and then things are dry again...and the rain begins all over again. We saw an awesome rainbow after the rain though...the whole rainbow...there was a second one too..it was very beautiful...a great reminder of how many times it takes a lot of troubles and hardwork to finally see the rainbows in our lives. Life has been so good here. We are starting to get into a bit of a routine which is nice. We usually go to the institute in the morning to teach some English and then have a few hours of free time before lunch. Monday, Wednesdays, and Saturdays we have the kids program in the afternoon and then usually play with the kids till dinner. After that we either have a church service or find something else to do around time. This morning at 5 am, the other Sarah and I met some of the youth from the church to run a few miles around town yelling and singing..some tradition for today´s date. We told Kelly about this opportunity last night, she just laughed and told us to have fun...but hey she missed out on a great sunrise. About the children, I have fallen in love. They just sit outside our door and wait for us to come out. Our porch has become a playground and the walls are so thin we can often hear them singing the songs or reciting the verses from the vacation bible schools. Both Kelly and I are improving our Spanish majorly and have only been here a week. On Saturday at the youth service I spoke a short message about how there are so many things in this life that try to fill us with joy, but nothing lasts like the joy we find in Christ. It was a little nerve wrecking speaking Spanish in front of the pastor and all the youth, but it was the super drunk man in the back shouting random phrases and wandering around that made it hard. But hey if a drunk guy has to wander somewhere, where better than a church? Kelly and I still haven´t mastered any cooking skills. Today Chris made some incredible bbq chicken which we shared with two men who were working on our house, they laughed about how Americans can´t eat their food without some kind of sauce on it. Well that is about it for now. Keep praying for us..God is doing great things!!
Sarah Booth