{"id":875,"date":"2016-07-03T23:10:16","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T03:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-heidi-bamford\/?p=875"},"modified":"2016-07-04T11:19:12","modified_gmt":"2016-07-04T03:19:12","slug":"lipugpug-noun-a-circular-wind-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-heidi-bamford\/2016\/07\/03\/lipugpug-noun-a-circular-wind-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"lipugpug: noun, a circular wind storm."},"content":{"rendered":"

We have had a few weeks of very little rain and have had to carry some of
\nour water in buckets from the river, so last Thursday afternoon when I
\nlooked up from translation checking and saw black clouds on the hills to the
\neast I thought, “I hope that rain comes here!” I didn’t know what I was
\nasking for.<\/p>\n

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Within a few minutes it started raining very hard and Heidi went downstairs
\nand very quickly had 100 gallons of rain water in our water barrels. We
\nwere just settling down to enjoy the coolness that the rain had brought when
\nthe wind changed directions and started blowing in the windows. We rushed
\nto close the shutters, but the wind was snapping off tree branches and
\nhurling them against the side of the house making it difficult to secure the
\nshutters. The storm only lasted 5 minutes, but what a mess it made. We had
\nwater in the house, trees were down all over the place, and the village
\nwater system was damaged.<\/p>\n

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Because it was dusk, I waited until morning to go get pictures, but to my
\nsurprise, our industrious neighbors has already chopped up most of the
\nfallen trees. My partner, David, and I made several trips up the water line
\nmaking repairs, and yesterday afternoon, with the help of several Isnag men,
\nwe made the last big repair and water started flowing to the village again.<\/p>\n

I see some clouds on the hills to the east, but it’s okay with me if they
\nstay over there.<\/p>\n

Prayer Requests:<\/p>\n