What in the ... is that?? IT IS!!

Okay, so we've determined that end of the world as we know it is coming soon. 'Why in the world would you say such a thing?' you wonder. Well, I'll tell you ... it actually rained in Lima! No joke. We were headed to church on Sunday, walked outside, and discovered that RAIN was falling on us. Now, it wasn't a hard rain ... in fact, under normal circumstances, you would barely call it a drizzle. But, the fact that it was happening in Lima was unbelievable.

Perhaps I should explain why I'm so excited. You see, I'm a Florida girl, born and raised in hot, humid summers that brought afternoon thunderstorms everyday during the summer. One of my favorite childhood memories was sitting on the front porch watching the storms and listening to the rain. And I still LOVE the smell of rain. So, given all that, just think of what moving to one of the driest deserts in the world and not seeing rain for 7 (count them -SEVEN) months can do to a person. I was just like a little kid at Disney world when I walked outside and found it raining. (Had I stopped and thought about it, I probably would've rushed out of the rain because of the amount of pollution that I'm sure was falling on my head. But I didn't want to think about it and ruin the moment.) It was definitely a great way to start off the week (and probably one of the most exciting things of the week).

You know what's funny is that I actually prayed for rain not too long ago. Silly request? Perhaps. But look at what happened. Just goes to show my God can do anything ... even make it rain in Lima!! Too cool!!

(The picture above is one my friend took ... that's RAIN on the windshield of our taxi!!)

Yep, it's true!

Well, I should point out a fact that most of you have already figured out ... I am a TERRIBLE blogger. Right about the time I get into a routine of writing on my blog (well, as much of a routine as I seem to be able to muster), something happens and I lose it all. All that hard work and effort, gone! Haha Perhaps that is a little dramatic of me, but I do feel I should apologize. I will work at getting better ... promise!

So, let's see ... where did I leave off?? Oh yes, the colonoscopy. Well, I got the results back from my colonoscopy. The doctor was a bit vague about things, but did say things were normal. When I asked what samples he took and what they were if they were 'normal', he said, "Well, they're not cancer!" Well, gee thanks Doc ... that's good to know. Didn't know that was an option. Apparently, it was, they just hadn't told me. Yikes! I'm very, very thankful they decided to withhold this tidbit of information. I imagine I would've been a bit concerned the whole weekend had he mentioned this in the beginning. So, a praise ... I don't have cancer!

Now, as far as the rest of the stomach story goes ... it's actually still going. I went back to eating normal food when we headed to Chile (a blog about Chile is still to come, I promise!), and for the most part, things went well. I had about a day where I thought my stomach was relapsing, but then it settled down and things were fine. We came back to Peru and things seem to be staying fairly normal. Then this week hit and suddenly my stomach decided it couldn't contain itself anymore. So sad! Why can't it just behave?!?! So right now, I'm actually at home, opting out of the day's activities because of my sick feeling stomach and eating plain noodles. How boring!!

So, all that to say, please keep praying for my stomach. It needs it. And for my sanity during this whole process. I'm sure I need that too! :-)