fun surprise

Finally the rains have begun! We are desperate here in Hermosillo for rain! We have been on water rashens since I can't remember when (close to a year maybe). We have city water from about 2pm till 10pm. In the morning there is no water pressure but we do get a dribble from our resevior on the roof which fills with city water when there is city water. They keep saying that once the summer rains come the water situation will improve. Well it has been raining off and on this week. Along with the rains though come problems.

On Tuesday I was informed that we had a waterfall coming from the roof of the church and pouring right into the Sunday School rooms. So I was up on the roof in the rain trying to patch up the holes with duct tape and silicon! Went back today in the rain to check on the patch job and it is holding nicely till it can be fixed permanently!

The biggest surprise of all though was a rat! Yes that is right, a rat, in our shower no less! The drain cover has not been screwed down in sometime as the screws rusted out. We have been covering the drain with a rubbermaid small container because of sewer smell. Sheri was in our room and she thought she heard something in the shower, scratching on plastic. So she peeked in and sure enough there was a rat in the rubbermaid container with was upside down over the drain cover! The container is semi transparent so she could see that it was indeed a rat! Sheri called me and I realized that the rat must have pushed the drain cover out of place and then once it was under the container, the drain cover fell back into place and trapped the rat! So I put my foot on it and after considering the possibilities (broom in hand ready for battle) I slowly moved the container away from the drain (rat underneath the container) and then removed the drain cover and slowly replaced the container over the shower drain. The rat escaped with his life and I didn't have to kill a rat!

Now to find some small screws to fix that cover on!