And then came the floods …

I haven’t written much lately because – well – we’ve been pretty busy! It’s one of those seasons when things are hitting us from every angle. Not all big things, but lots of things.

So, you want to hear about the floods. While I was at the meetings in Texas, there was a big storm – rain, hail – here in Ixtapaluca. My family sent some pictures and video of the storm, but that was before they realized – it wasn’t just outside.

At the back of our house is our “servicio”, with the hot water tank, a place to scrub/hang clothes, our gas tanks, etc. Well, the drain backed up, and sewage water began to spew in. No one noticed until it started to come through the back wall into the house.

So this led to an afternoon of bailing, mopping, moving things out of the way – thanks to Shari, Hannah and Nathanael. A few things were wrecked, but nothing of much value thankfully.

From what I heard, Nathanael did a great job, bailing water out for two hours, so it didn’t flood the house worse!

Shari used a whole bunch of towels to mop up the filthy water. She washed them, and tried to dry them. But no heat was coming into the dryer.

That’s right, with all the extra laundry (including laundry from our travels, eventually), the dryer stopped working.

In spite of calling the repair person, no one came until this past Friday. So our dryer is out getting a very expensive repair done.

Speaking of Friday, as I was getting breakfast I noticed water on the floor (clean water, this time!). Our water jug dispenser thing was leaking. All through drawers and cupboards, leading to a drying cleaning frenzy in the kitchen which we finally finished today.

I think it was Shari who mentioned – we’ve had earthquakes, floods… what’s next, fire?

So this past Monday was when the fire truck arrived. Don’t worry, this isn’t anything serious. But we smelled a whole lot of gas outside, and so did our neighbours. It was coming from around our house – across the street?

Well, with firemen and police on our street, it was discovered that someone had washed out a gas tank, and the water – with the gas in it – had poured across the road in front of our house and down the sewer. Apparently not resulting in a danger of fire, but just a lot of fumes.

But enough of that. These are not really the things I’m thinking about that we’re dealing with. It’s more a bunch of things coming up – but this will get too long if I keep writing!

Let’s just say we have a busy week ahead! But we are looking forward to the 5th of November – our first anniversary as a church! More on that later.