Can you hear that?  That lovely deafening noise is RAIN!!!  That's right, the rains are coming back and we are thrilled!  This is the second big rain.  One more just like this one and we will officially declare the long dry season to be over!  And it's only February 27th!  Last year the long dry season drug on into mid-March. We thought we were going to die.  But now we may be fully into the long rainy season very, very soon.

Of course once we make our official declaration regarding which season we are in, we roll up our sleeves and tear the house apart, doing intense Spring housecleaning. You cannot imagine how much dust and dirt seeps into cupboards and drawers.  Everything is taken out and washed, and all cabinets are washed clean, before putting everything back again.  We even brush the dirt off all walls and everywhere else.  Spring housecleaning is a major job.  Especially since we do all this cleaning around the edges of ministry, when we have a quiet moment.  We can't unload the hutches in our dining room for example, setting everything all over the dining room tables, when we are feeding a meal to guests.  So it's a challenge.  But we are experts with many years experience under our belts.  Besides, we are so delighted to have the rains come back that we can't bring ourselves to grumble over all the work it brings us.  And we haven't even talked about all the mud that gets dragged into Shiloh!