Just got word from Day Felix that there were homes that were washed away last night in his barrio. He lives in a canyon and lots of people have built on the hillside. He told me that instead of coming here this morning, his wife & Freddy's family are doing their laundry with the rain water they've captured. He said there is a lot of damage back in his neighborhood. We haven't heard yet of any injuries.
Every day brings a new challenge to these people. Their local school has been closed for 2 weeks due to various things and with the additional problems of gangs, drugs, robberies in broad daylight, crop failures, fires, floods, lack of dependable utilities, police refusing to help...it just goes on and on for them. I'm amazed by the resilience of these friends of ours.
Day Felix lives far enough back in the canyon that the paved road ends about a kilometer before his house. Even in good weather, we don't drive back there due to the terrible condition of the road...lots of really deep holes, big rocks, muddy spots. During the rainy season, Felix can't even ride his bicycle down that road. I can only imagine how it must look this morning. We need to add good roads to our list for which to thank God...I would suspect that even the worst road in Barry County is better than some of the road conditions many are facing here this morning.
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