{"id":953,"date":"2013-04-27T04:45:34","date_gmt":"2013-04-27T08:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/?p=953"},"modified":"2013-04-27T04:45:34","modified_gmt":"2013-04-27T08:45:34","slug":"glimpses-of-this-week-singing-in-the-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/2013\/04\/27\/glimpses-of-this-week-singing-in-the-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Glimpses of this week &#8211; Singing in the rain!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Saturday and although I still have much baking and cooking, HomesSchool prepping, treating people and visiting to do today, I have a minute to post some photos of the last week.  Francois is visiting a church plant team south of us \u2013 no photos of that yet!<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-954\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/303\/files\/2013\/04\/Pebane-rain-April-13-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" rel=\"thumbnail\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-954\" title=\"Pebane-rain-April-13-3\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/303\/files\/2013\/04\/Pebane-rain-April-13-3-300x225.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/files\/2013\/04\/Pebane-rain-April-13-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/files\/2013\/04\/Pebane-rain-April-13-3-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/files\/2013\/04\/Pebane-rain-April-13-3-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/files\/2013\/04\/Pebane-rain-April-13-3.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> The week started with a trip to our \u201cbig\u201d town an hour\u2019s drive away.  On the way back, before I even left town it started to rain \u2013 buckets and buckets full all at once!  Within minutes the \u201cmain road\u201d in town resembled a river and soon it became quite an adventure to wade through the mud and rain, hoping the car would somehow not lose traction in the torrent!  I did find the car becoming stuck a few times, but prayer kept me going!<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-955\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/303\/files\/2013\/04\/Pebane-rain-April-13-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" rel=\"thumbnail\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-955\" title=\"Pebane-rain-April-13-2\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/303\/files\/2013\/04\/Pebane-rain-April-13-2-300x225.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/files\/2013\/04\/Pebane-rain-April-13-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/files\/2013\/04\/Pebane-rain-April-13-2-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/files\/2013\/04\/Pebane-rain-April-13-2-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/files\/2013\/04\/Pebane-rain-April-13-2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> If the road became a river within minutes, the people resembled drenched chickens within seconds!<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-956\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/303\/files\/2013\/04\/IMG_6822-Copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" rel=\"thumbnail\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-956\" title=\"IMG_6822-Copy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/303\/files\/2013\/04\/IMG_6822-Copy-300x225.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/files\/2013\/04\/IMG_6822-Copy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/files\/2013\/04\/IMG_6822-Copy-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/files\/2013\/04\/IMG_6822-Copy-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/files\/2013\/04\/IMG_6822-Copy.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> About the only living things NOT miserable and shivering in the rain were the ducks! The heading therefore refers to them! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-957\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/303\/files\/2013\/04\/IMG_4682-Copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" rel=\"thumbnail\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-957\" title=\"IMG_4682-Copy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/303\/files\/2013\/04\/IMG_4682-Copy-300x182.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/files\/2013\/04\/IMG_4682-Copy-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/files\/2013\/04\/IMG_4682-Copy-600x365.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/files\/2013\/04\/IMG_4682-Copy-500x304.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/files\/2013\/04\/IMG_4682-Copy.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> My friend Elin says she prefer to drive in snow and on icy roads than on mud. I would never be able to do that! What would you prefer? I guess it\u2019s a question of what one\u2019s used to.  As for me, I much prefer the mud!  However slippery and sticky it becomes, at least I have some experience driving in and through it by now! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Saturday and although I still have much baking and cooking, HomesSchool prepping, treating people and visiting to do today, I have a minute to post some photos of the last week. Francois is visiting a church plant team south of us \u2013 no photos of that yet! 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