Despite dire predictions to the contrary, we are now enjoying abundant rainfall, both in the afternoons and sometimes at night.
The high desert monsoon or rainy season typically extends through July and August. While early to mid-July was rather dry this year, these past few weeks have seen a change in fortune.
We are grateful to God for the much needed moisture and pray it continues. Our fields are green without having to be irrigated and our sheep and donkey are ecstatic in their own way at the abundance of verdant pastures in which to eat and lie down.
The Lord is our Shepherd. We shall not want.
Greetings and prayers.
Abbot Christian and the monks
