Lindstroms in Lima: Tormenta de lluvia in Lima (Rain Storm in Lima)

And the Big News is...

RAIN! Notice that the rooftops are wet!

It rained on Friday! This is a big event in Lima and was on the news stations and in the papers. They do not get rain. In fact, one person said that it was first rain they remembered in 13 years.

"During winter, from June to September, the sky is almost always cloudy, and there is a kind of mist, the garúa, which can deposit a bit of moisture on the ground. Rainfall is definitely scarce or completely absent: apart from the mist that falls to the ground in winter, as well as the very rare and sparse shower that occur in summer, it practically never rains. " The average precipitation in Lima is 6 millimeters or 0.2 inches. Yes, we live in a desert.

In Utah the rain we had would be considered a light shower. We walked home in the rain and yes, we sang!

After our walk in the rain! There are wet spots on my shirt.

Maybe It's Spring

We had a sunny afternoon this past week. We went for a walk to the botanical garden at the National Agriculture University of La Molina. It's not too far from our apartment. To get in to see the garden we had to register at the door--that means showing our identity cards from Peru. Then they gave us visitor badges to wear.

It is a really nice campus, with a lot of open space. There were a lot of students walking around, so that was fun to see. We saw a flock of green parrots. They seem to be having a territory war--lots of squawking and chasing each other.

The garden was nice and we saw some interesting plants.

One of the buildings on campus

A small water feature at the garden

The garden

An unidentified plant at the garden

The hydroponics lab--nice lettuce growing

This boat was used in their fisheries department.

Something Spiritual

Sometimes life doesn't go as it has been planned. We had two meetings that we had to be to on Sunday night. Our first meeting was in Santa Clara. We were able to talk at an English Connect graduation and devotional for the next set of classes. Thor did a great job talking about self reliance. I was able to bear my testimony. That meeting went really well.

At our first training meeting with Abraham and his family. Thor knows him from Fundet.

Next we had to get transportation to our next meeting. No luck with Uber. No taxis to be seen. Thor finally asked a mototaxi driver if he would take us. Fun ride! We do get there in plenty of time before the meeting. We have a nice conversation with Miguel from Venezuela. No people and it's even past Peruvian time to start! (Peruvian time is about 15 minutes past the said starting time) Thor finally reaches someone and finds out that the meeting had been cancelled due to conflicts with another meeting.

Life goes like that. We have it all planned out and then something different happens. How do we react to the change of plans? Do we get angry or do we just smile, learn something from the experience and move on.