Brrrr and it isn't even the coldest month yet!!!!

We are sending you a cold greeting from Lesotho today. It is suppose to snow tonight, but no accumulation at this point. I can tell you that we have never been this cold in May and I think we are going to have the worse June and July of our lives(weather related only) because we are spoiled and used to it being summer ;)I am wearing a long underwear shirt, a vest, a fleece jacket, a fleece blanket and my nose and feet are freezing cold (yes, I am wearing my shoes). Our house is at 50 degrees Fahrenheit and it is 10pm. I must humbly confess that I thought people were kind of wimpy when they talked about how cold it is in Lesotho because I thought I am from Michigan where it snows for at least 3 months each year. What I did not take into account was my lovely furnace (Oh, I will NEVER take it for granted again), heated cars, and insulation. Not only is our house cold, but when you go to any other building it is cold too, such as school or church. We are learning what it means to wear layers and we are especially thankful for the person who invented electric blankets so our nights can be more tolerable :) I have to confess also that if we are all this cold today which is the day before June, what will we be like in the end of June and in July their coldest time of year! The schools actually shut down for one month between June 23 and July 23 because of the cold and the inability to heat the school buildings. My how different things are here from in Michigan where a class would not be without heat. Air conditioning is optional, but I always knew my kids would be warm at school.
I am beginning to look around me at the kids who live near Beautiful gate and feel a lot of compassion for them. If I am this cold with all my layers, what must their feet feel like with those worn out and holey shoes and no socks. Or worse yet, barefoot! I have all these layers on and a blanket and some of them do not even have a coat on. And not just to be cool like some kids do in America where they wait at the bus stop and freeze, just to look cool to their friends, but these kids don't have one or have outgrown their only one. My kids have begun to go outside the fence and play soccer with the neighbor kids and I think I'll begin to pray about what it is I can do to help the kids. Maybe I'll have to start a warm sock and shoe ministry :) As for me, Bryan and the kids, I guess we will all have to start sharing the same couch when we relax in the evening so we can share body heat. If we can't beat the cold then some warm family cuddle time is in order!