monsoon = rain

So many people around Mussoorie have been saying that monsoon is here, has been here, and it was early - really early. Let the fun begin.
Exodus 40 - God settled over the tent of meeting like a cloud ...

One of the best things about monsoon season is that you can know, visibilly, that God's presence dwells witin our camp ... thickly many times and as the season progresses, continuely without stop. How to describe it? How about "dense fog advisory" for the whole day with on and off rainshowers (heavy at times), and on and on wetness (which means always wet). It is spectacular to see cloud at your feet - white cloud vapors flowing at ground level and eye level and roof level and sky level and ...

I know I am making it sound absolutely wonderful, where you might be tempted to say, "I want a monsoon too!" Let me simply emphasize that everything is wet, all of the time. Everything turns green with growth because of it. The grass (yes, grass appears), the leaves on the trees, the trunks on the trees, even the roads grow green! Some of it is leafy, but most is mold - and lots of it. The mold has not hit heavy yet but I have been told to just wait. No more hanging clothes outside ... they will just get more wet.

Does anybody have a slip-and-slide? That could be really fun living in the mountains with a constant sprinkler/hose source.

Oh, but when the rain stops ... glorious! The rain clears out the sky so much. The Himalaya mountains seem at arm's reach (okay, a little farther than that). Yesterday was one of those days. Just before sunset, the clouds broke and God's glory broke through. I am trying desperately to get a picture posted. For now, I am sorry to leave you with only: "it is absolutely stunning easy to stand in awe of God's masterpiece."