The rainy season was short and not very rainy in 2009. That means we are in for a long, hot dry season. Yesterday, when I flew into Tegucigalpa, I could not help but notice things were much browner and much drier than they normally are this time of year. At Casa we have already had to buy water once. And this is only February. We have never had to buy water this early in the dry season. Marc and I had to buy water for our house, too. We have never had to buy water. At Casa, we are looking into the cost of digging a new deeper well and installing an underground cistern as well.
Our friend, Timoteo, is saying in Tegucigalpa, they are receiving their city water once about every eight days due to rationing. And this rationing extends from Tegucigalpa south to Choluteca.
There have been no fires yet and, for that, we are thankful.
My mind keeps turning to all the people in this country that have no water source as the rivers and streams are drying up. Most of those people also do not have money to buy water either.
I am praying that this dry season does not last all the way until May.
Terri
My mind just keeps to turning to all the people in this country that don
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so sorry to hear this. very serious. water is so precious to Hondurans and we take our abundant sources for granted.
prayers,
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