We've had a few days of fluke weather this winter. Normally, there is very little or no precipitation during the dry winter months in Bolivia. The past 4 days or so, God has chosen to shake things up a bit. As our friends, the Hursts, were driving back from the conference in Cochabamba on Sunday, they crawled along in a 4 hour blizzard! Since arriving home from Cochabamba, the weather has remained overcast with showers, meaning snow for the higher altitudes. It almost never snows in the city, but as we passed through El Alto on our way to Lake Titicaca yesterday, we saw the left-overs of the snow that had fallen several days ago. I've never seen snow there before- it was beautiful! El Alto is typically a somewhat depressing city to drive through, the signs of poverty and hopelessness impossible to ignore. But, with a layer of shiny, if fairly dirty, white snow covering the rooftops and ground- it almost looked enchanting! We laughted at the funny snowmen/snowanimals/snowfamilies that we passed on our way out of town and marvelled at the snow-dusted Cordillera Real mountains that lined the horizon. As much as I yearn for warm weather these days, I must say that God is a master of creation and beauty and be thankful for His hand in creating this scene for us.
3 comments:
Oh, how fun!!! Is that a snow llama? Glad you enjoyed the snow. :-)
Snow..........it is SO HOT here, that it's hard to imagine weather cold enough for snow!!!!!!!!
Is that your masterpiece?? :-)
oh...that would explain the sweaters and winter vests. I'm a little slow, but I'm gettin' it. Those are, indeed, beautiful mountains. Yes, it is wonderful to have my "perfect match" for the rest of my life.
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