Raging River

We got back from our 2nd week of camping up in the mountains, have spent 2 days here in Manila, and we will head north again tomoro am.

This past week was a lot crazier than the 1st one since we got rain, rain, and more rain. The river rose to prevent us from visiting one of the places we had planned to go, our water sources (for both drinking and other) became very muddy, and we couldn't get all the wet clothes dry for anything. It was a muddy mess everywhere, but all in all it went ok.

Thought I would share a couple pics before we head north again. Remember that peaceful little stream that the kids were having fun playing in last week?

not so gentle or peaceful now!

quiet mountain brook...

now a raging river.
It's hard to tell from the pics, but that water is really moving!
Remember the shot of this rock that the kids like to play on next to the stream?

Now that rock is just barely sticking out of the current.

Before...

...and after.

Tnx again to all of you who are praying for us and sending encouraging notes for us to find when we come back to the world or email & FB again. Really such a blessing. This next week will be our last week up there for a while; pls pray that God will continue to work in hearts. After this week, we will head home for about a month to get some work done down there, host some visitors, and maybe even get in some vacay time! Then back up north for Jan & Feb; anyone want to come for a visit? We'd love to have you, and you will be hard-pressed to find a more gorgeous place. :)