The
weather took quite a turn this past week. On Friday after school it seemed as
if it was never going to stop down pouring. For a solid four hours the rain
just kept falling from the sky. I remember thinking at that moment I wonder
what it was like when God created the flood because it is raining so hard but I
could imagine what it was like then. After a night of down pouring the rain
decided it wanted to continue on to Saturday. On Saturday morning Lusi and I
made our way across to get some groceries. When we got onto the boat I saw this
big cloud and thought oh crap it’s going to be one of those days. Well by the
time we got off the boat we were already wet. After buying and tightly wrapping
our groceries into our plastic bags we walked back to the boat. Then the wind
came. You can only imagine what happens when its windy and raining and you are
on a boat. By the time we got back to our house we were dripping. Luckily by
some miracle my phone did not get wet.
The rain continued to fall and by
Sunday night we were in a tropical storm watch. We only received the tail end
of the storm, which led to a lot of rain and wind. The cement walkway that goes
through our planation had so much water on top of it that fish were swimming on
it. While I was walking I could see the fish swimming. A major positive of the
rain was that school got cancelled on Monday! Yay!! My first “rain day” of the
year. When its raining this much none of the kids will come to school and
considering we don’t have sealed windows at the school water gets inside the
classroom. So its better to just call it off.
On Tuesday morning one of my
students informed me that she would be moving off island. This was going to be
her last week of school. Saddened by the news I tried to stay positive for her.
I am so excited that she gets a chance to go off island and have better
opportunities. She will definitely be missed inside the classroom. She kept
telling me all of the things she was going to do. On Friday morning she even
brought me a gift basket. My teacher heart was so happy and sad.
We have finally gotten our sun and
heat back, didn’t think I would be so excited to see the sun again! I can’t
believe it’s the month of March already. The school year seems to be flying by.
Now we are entering our six weeks of school with no breaks. Pray for us
teachers that we keep our sanity. This is always the toughest part of the
school year.
With
Love,
Abby
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