Sunday 2 May 2010

Living in the heat of the day

You know that it is hot when you take the plates out of the cupboard in the shady kitchen and they feel warm, not hot but definitely warm. By day it is about 42C outside in the shade, I know its cheating but it measures 54C in direct sunlight! Inside it is about 37C. By night the outside temperature eventually falls at about 4am to 28C inside it stays at a warm 32C. Humidity is low, a slice of fresh pineapple looked remarkably like it had been bought dried after 24 hours and the ground drinks up the water put on the recently planted citrus trees. One plus yoghurt is really easy to make just take water at ambient temperature, milk powder and a spoonful of live yoghurt and leave for 6 hours on the side!
So how would you like to go to school in all this heat. Ruth and Rebecca start tomorrow at 09:00 and though they will have an air conditioned classroom it will be hot as they try to do a general test in French on their language and mathematics ability. The results will determine which year group they will be assigned to. This is the hardest bit for them , so please pray for them as they adjust to school that starts at 07:30 each day and is entirely in French.

2 comments:

  1. I would not cope in that heat! 54C!! Thats quite hot!
    It's good to hear from you guys! Missing you all here!

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  2. I had shorts on yesterday, so i know what you mean.
    ;o)

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