lightening flash

Sunday was a beautiful day. I got up a little after 6, so that I could go to the 7am English service at church. April preached and frankly, it’d been since about November or December since I attended this service… Well it’s just so dang early! But it was good to go and reconnect with the people who attend the service and praise in English!

Anyway, April, Meredith and I went to church while the boys stayed at home sleeping / resting… When we got back around 9, they hadn’t cooked so I started preparing breakfast for all of us with Meredith. It was a hot morning – especially sitting in the sun cutting veggies for the eggs!

But then, in the early afternoon, I could see dark clouds coming closer and closer. At one point Justin said, “listen.” And we could hear the coming rain, on the leaves of the trees in the palm forest. Moments later, as the sky grew darker we saw a flash of lightening. And a split second later, a crack of thunder that was the loudest I’d heard since being in Congo. It was a sharp pop and crackle, probably striking a nearby tree! And it was so loud. A minute or so later, we saw another flash light up the afternoon sky – quickly followed by another loud electric thunder strike. Then the rain came… And it just poured1

It was a beautiful twist to the day…

Going to the market a few hours later was an adventure as well… Sliding around on the back of a moto in the streets of Beni was an experience. But thankfully, with the exception of a little mud on my legs – no problems!

Next, I need to learn to drive a moto on my own, buy one, so that I can do this on my own! ;) hahah