First flood of the rainy season

As most of you know, it is rainy season here in Costa Rica. In Jacó, that means most days it is dry in the morning and it rains mid-afternoon/evening. We are told that it should rain nonstop in October and into November so we are bracing ourselves for the flooding that will occur here. Well, on Friday night we got our first taste of the "flood" waters. It rained for many hours--we have never in our lives seen this much rain--and as a result, our pipes that drain water from the back yard to the front street were clogged so water was coming into our house from many locations. Our bathroom pipes overflowed to our bathroom and it was flooded. A side door in the house doesn't close all the way so water was pouring in there. And our kitchen had the most water--more than 4 inches and Daniel and a friend spent hours filling buckets and pouring them into the sink. It was a crazy night!!!! When it began dying down I had to run out and pick something up for a friend and passed many houses that were half way under water---it broke my heart and the Lord quickly convicted me of my complaining--so many have it so much worse than we do. Many people were in waist deep water. It was unbelievable. We immediately began praying for these families that live in the lower lying areas. As rainy season continues, they are really going to suffer. Please join us in praying for these people and if the Lord would have us try and help in any way. Here are a few pictures from our fun-filled Friday night! (One is of the rain at our front gate)