1:55pm, January 25, 2012. My office, Tete, Mozambique.
Greetings from rainy, rainy Tete! Mozambique’s coast has been hit by a series of cyclones during the past week or two, and the country is really taking a battering. Please be praying for the folks in Northern and Southern Moz, especially, who are losing their houses, fields and lives to flooding.
Tete’s inland geography and topography is generally rather prohibitive to rain events, but even we’ve received quite a bit of precipitation in recent days. I spent most of yesterday riding out to dam sites in the bush, and passed much of my travel time coming up with haikus to narrate the day. Below are just a few – I’d love to hear a haiku summary of each of your guys’ lives, too! Hope you all have a great finish to the week, and enjoy the last few days of this rapidly-passing month!
Gray light through the shades,
Windy rain against the panes.
Reminds me of home.
Rainy season’s here!
My neighborhood looks like an
African Venice.
Streets without drainage;
Wonder what’s in that water?
My bike’s a jet ski.
The huts are empty;
People must be in their fields.
Water-driven life.
High floods, erosion -
A dam washed away today.
Dam hard news to take.
No water at home.
I haven’t bathed in three days.
Ooh, shower outside!
Mosquitoes are gone?
No, they want to stay dry too.
They’re in my bedroom.
