Season Changes

As most of you know, Nigeria has two seasons; rainy and dry. The Rainy season begins sometime in April and ends anywhere from the end of September to mid October. Once the rains stop, the land becomes very dry and the harmattan (small dust particles that blow in from the Sahara Desert) begins to blow into Nigeria sometime in December.

These pictures illustrate the difference among seasons...quite incredible!

picture taken during a small dust storm

Who Would Have Thought

Much to our surprise, we had a nice rainstorm on Friday night. Rain does not usually start until April, so this was an unexpected, but welcome event. The best part, was that the rain cooled down the Saturday morning temperature and allowed us to take part in a walk/run event at school without dying from the Harmattan heat.

The Elementary PE teacher put together a walk/run event to raise money for an American foundation helping kids with AIDS in western Africa. We created a team with the Blazeks and set a goal to each finish 50 laps (12.5 miles) in the three hour event. We ALL reached our goal and did it in only 2 1/2 hours!