Mon. 6/22 - Sun. 6/28

So I'd heard hurricane/rainy season started. It seems it REALLY started today. The rain came pouring down and it rained off and on (but mostly on), harder and lighter all the flipping day long.

 Brown water, no power, lots of rain... When do I get to leave this island? Most of a year left? Ugh! Apparently this is how it's going to be a lot of the time from now until NOVEMBER!!! I'm sure there will be sun sometimes too but not today.

I have been very seriously considering moving to an apartment close to campus and IGA. I debated in my mind the pros and cons. I finally decided to call and inquire about it and she said someone had called this morning... I guess it just wasn't meant to be. I guess we'll just stay put for now. Not that my apartment is terrible it's just far away. Especially when walking home uphill in the rain with 4 kids...

Wednesday Mark had his 2nd mini of the semester. He has been spending so much time with SGA and surgery club things lately that he lost a lot of study time. Emma and I waited to meet up with Mark before his exam and a handful of his classmates were there happy to see Emma waving at them.
It was refreshing to observe a group get together and pray before the test.

We went home and I guess I forgot to close the door. I was planning to step back out but I got distracted. A bird flew into the apartment while Emma was napping. (She would've LOVED to see it inside!) It took forever to get it out!! It would fly back and forth from the kitchen to the living room but not out any of the open doors or windows! It was so frustrating! I was afraid I was going to be late leaving the house for lunch because of it! It FINALLY did fly out! 

After Mark's mini he and I went to check out the "man cave" burger we had heard about. Not too shabby. Still not American for sure. Burgers and pizzas just don't cut it for me here. They're edible sure but not as satisfying. 

Thursday the kids went on a hike during school.  (I didn't go but a teacher shared this.)

Saturday I was so excited to be able to go on a hike WITH MARK to Victoria Falls. I heard it was a harder hike where you have to climb over boulders and wade through a river several times. I'd arranged for the kids to be taken care of and off we went. 

I've wondered how a pineapple grows. I'd always assumed they came off a tree. Nope. Today I saw one out in the wild!!

We got to a point where we could see the water fall and I thought we were done. Up ahead there were tons of huge rocks and it didn't look possible to get to the falls. There definitely was not a path to get there. We carried on up, over and between boulders. I loved it! 

The hike was exhausting but SO fun!!

We have GO PRO PICTURES somewhere but I'm not sure where so I'm just going to post this!