Comments on: How is the weather? http://brianjbecker.com/congo/how-is-the-weather/ From the American Southwest to the Heart of Africa Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:23:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jeff Blythe http://brianjbecker.com/congo/how-is-the-weather/#comment-30 Jeff Blythe Wed, 05 Apr 2006 18:56:13 +0000 http://brianjbecker.com/?p=32#comment-30 Us people from the West Coast are so spoiled aren't we? I'm living up in San Jose now and they are having the wettest Spring in anyone memory. Everyone is up in arms because its not sunny enough! But it reminds me so much of the rainy season in Ethiopia--which would just go on and on and on for months. Your weather stories bring back good memories like--amazing thunder storms where the thunder would go on non-stop for minutes at a time. And bad memories like--the mud! It was everywhere! Never being able to keep your shoes and pants clean no matter how careful you are. Or not being able to hear yourself think because the rain hitting your corregated iron roof is soooo loud! Anyway...hope you are learning lots about life and finding yourself useful there. Peace and blessings.... Us people from the West Coast are so spoiled aren’t we? I’m living up in San Jose now and they are having the wettest Spring in anyone memory. Everyone is up in arms because its not sunny enough! But it reminds me so much of the rainy season in Ethiopia–which would just go on and on and on for months.

Your weather stories bring back good memories like–amazing thunder storms where the thunder would go on non-stop for minutes at a time. And bad memories like–the mud! It was everywhere! Never being able to keep your shoes and pants clean no matter how careful you are. Or not being able to hear yourself think because the rain hitting your corregated iron roof is soooo loud!

Anyway…hope you are learning lots about life and finding yourself useful there. Peace and blessings….

]]> By: Erin Kane http://brianjbecker.com/congo/how-is-the-weather/#comment-28 Erin Kane Wed, 05 Apr 2006 03:51:01 +0000 http://brianjbecker.com/?p=32#comment-28 That was a good read, Brian. Rain is fascinating, a true Catch 22, especially in the Congo it seems. Can we love it for its beauty and freshness and the spell it casts over everyone, or should we resent it for pounding shanties and drenching our friends on the streets? When I lived in Mexico it came down with reckless abandon, mid-afternoon, once the sky couldn't bear the weight of the humidity anymore, and the entire entryway of our house flooded. We just rolled up our jeans and swept it out and left the door open to gawk. That was a good read, Brian. Rain is fascinating, a true Catch 22, especially in the Congo it seems. Can we love it for its beauty and freshness and the spell it casts over everyone, or should we resent it for pounding shanties and drenching our friends on the streets? When I lived in Mexico it came down with reckless abandon, mid-afternoon, once the sky couldn’t bear the weight of the humidity anymore, and the entire entryway of our house flooded. We just rolled up our jeans and swept it out and left the door open to gawk.

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