Rain

After 41 days without so much as a drop we had a couple of hours of rain late this afternoon accompanied by occasional thunder. This was a special enough event to capture on video ...

Our groceries are now depleted and rather than obtain more we plan to sustain ourselves for the last two days with restaurant food. This evening, after the rain ceased, we finally visited Emilio's Restaurant for a meal, which we had intended for weeks. We previously enjoyed their take-out offerings and our table meal did not disappoint either. The place lies a three minute walk from our condo and for most of our meal we were the only clients. A few more filtered in as we were readying to leave. Reportedly the tourist season comes to an abrupt end Mid-March and we have witnessed confirmation of that.

Emilio's provided Carol a handy item which is not uncommon to restaurants here - a bag rack. It is like a midget coat rack made for keeping the purse or bag handy and in view. Here is a photo ...

I finished the autobiography of John Newton. Every so often he expresses an interesting comment related to his readings in the Bible which made the book interesting for me. Because the doctrine of the Trinity was so widely taught in those days he accepted it, but also admitted to confusion in areas of Bible understanding. One statement by Christ he particularly liked, for example, certainly did not make the Trinity more believable: "No man can come to me unless the Father, who sent me, draws him" (John 6:44). There the superior authority of the Father is so clear that trying to reconcile it to the notion that the Son and the Father are co-equal could not fail to cause confusion.

My three books for Mexico are now read, except for my ongoing re-reading of the Bible of course.
We are down to a day and a half to before departure.


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