{"id":1521,"date":"2012-10-04T14:00:21","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T14:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/?p=1521"},"modified":"2012-10-02T20:16:52","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T20:16:52","slug":"dear-hot-and-rainy-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/2012\/10\/04\/dear-hot-and-rainy-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Hot and Rainy Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>You are a trial I face every year<\/li>\n<li>You bring flocks of mosquitoes and flies<\/li>\n<li>Our church service and pray meetings become a mosquitoe feasting time<\/li>\n<li>The cost of food doubles or triples because of you\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_1533\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1533\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/10\/DSC_6071.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1533\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/10\/DSC_6071.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/10\/DSC_6071.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/10\/DSC_6071-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1533\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not only is food more expensive, but I have to wade through the mud of market<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>We always battle sickness when you come around<\/li>\n<li>You turn our sandy desert roads into mud\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_1532\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1532\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/10\/DSC_6051.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1532\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/10\/DSC_6051.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/10\/DSC_6051.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/10\/DSC_6051-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1532\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You flood towns and villages<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Taxis don&#8217;t like to drive us home when you flood our street\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_1531\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1531\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/10\/DSC_6049.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1531\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/10\/DSC_6049.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/10\/DSC_6049.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/10\/DSC_6049-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At times people refuse to drive us home when they hear where we live<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You make everything in my house mold\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_1534\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1534\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/10\/P1020058.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1534\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/10\/P1020058.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/10\/P1020058.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/10\/P1020058-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1534\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yes this used to by my black purse<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You and my oven work together to make the kitchen at times unbearable<\/li>\n<li>You make me sweat all day long and struggle to fall asleep at night<\/li>\n<li>Power cuts are increased by you<\/li>\n<li>You are the one time of year I enjoy my cold shower<\/li>\n<li>I am never sad to see you go<\/li>\n<li>You help me remember that this earth is thankfully not our home<\/li>\n<li>We trust God each year for the strength to endure through you\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_1525\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1525\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/10\/DSC_5564.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1525\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/10\/DSC_5564.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/10\/DSC_5564.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/10\/DSC_5564-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">God helps us through the last month of hot season<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are a trial I face every year You bring flocks of mosquitoes and flies Our church service and pray meetings become a mosquitoe feasting time The cost of food doubles or triples because of you We always battle sickness when you come around You turn our sandy desert roads into mud Taxis don&#8217;t like 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