It is the wet season, which we quite enjoy. Being a hot country the rain is refreshing, even fun at times. But then yes, there are those storms that pelt for a few hours so heavy that the drains cannot keep up with the torrent. On days like this the streets flood, as do people's houses and shops. (Two of the shops on the right are raised, but the mechanic, with the bottles out the front, is flooded as is his house in behind.)
The photo shows our street about 40 m "down" the road from us. Our section of road and also our frontage is high enough not to flood - thankfully. Cambodians who can afford to build their houses up, or put concrete barriers across their frontage so the street does not drain into their house.
Mind you, when it rains like this, our school yard floods similarly. Our classroom doors have raised concrete steps to stop the water coming in. We all just move to higher ground and life goes on.
At least our street is now concrete, this time last year it was dirt.
Please continue to pray for our time here, it is such an awesome privilege to serve God in another culture, but at times can be very draining as well.. (excuse the pun on the word draining - lol)
God Bless
Fiona Brown
1 comment:
Love the wet season :-)
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