July 16

We woke up this morning to clouds and then fog rolling in. The rain followed soon after the fog and it has been raining steadily ever since. Even so, the men got to work at 6 am. I felt so bad for them as I was taking this picture. It can't be fun to be squatting down putting rebar in place in the rain. It looks like the rain is here to stay through our departure date next Wednesday. There is another tropical storm near us that is killing all hope of dry weather. Still we are praying that we can have a long day of pouring concrete tomorrow, Saturday or Monday.

This picture of Clara and Paul is from two days ago. We had come over to the work site to see the new little retaining wall along the right side of the driveway.

I have been working on packing up our things for the trip home. I can't believe how little time there is until we leave! It is going to be so hard to part with our new friends. Paul went to the doctor yesterday and we confirmed that he has a double ear infection. He started having a fever and cough on Friday the 10th. On Monday morning he woke up without a fever for the first time since he got sick. Then that afternoon it shot up to 103.6 F. Yikes! It was high all afternoon and evening and he was complaining of ear pain. He has had several ear infections before, so I was not surprised. I am so glad that we were able to get him on antibiotics right away. Air travel with a two year old, with a double ear infection, equals misery for him and every one around him!