We continue to prepare for our next term, which is scheduled to begin in two-and-a-half weeks. Some more pictures might make the drought situation clearer, though.
This stream bed is near our highlands campus. It usually has water in it all year around. You can see the rock baskets hold back the banks from being eroded by the heavy runoff in rainy season.
This time of year we normally would get at least two inches of rain per month. (That's "dry" season.) This month we have gotten 1/3 inch. The second picture is the cracked ground in a baret, the ditch that normally carries runoff water, outside our library.
We have had to begin washing our clothes in river water. In the third picture, you see the bucket- and sink-full of river rinse water my duplex neighbor and I are saving for our next laundry loads. Students are boiling river water to drink because their water tank is empty.
Clouds are present at night and the last few nights we have gotten sprinkles. Thanks to those who are praying about the situation. We will need a number of days/nights of heavy rain to fill up our water tanks so class can open as planned.
Maybe God is sending us a message through this situation. After all, our small area is the only one with such an extreme water shortage. Ask God to make His direction clear. And may we follow His leading too.
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