Mudslide

Although this doesn't seem to be breaking news anywhere but in Costa Rica, I just wanted to let you know that there was a really bad mudslide just south of San José last night. We've had a lot of rain the past few days, I think because of tropical storm Thomas or something like that, and it caused a huge mudslide in a suburb of San José called San Antonio de Escazu. It hasn't really affected anything here in Heredia, but in that area there are bridges out and homes completely destroyed. I think they've declared a national emergency, and schools in the San José area are closed indefinitely (though I still had class this morning). I was watching the news at breakfast and it showed a picture of one house where there was mud several feet deep all around it. They also showed several houses that looked like they'd been shoved into the trees and were just completely destroyed. Several people have died and a lot more are missing and displaced, so please be praying for everyone down here, for the rescue effort and for the people who have lost their homes and loved ones.

For a link to a short CNN article about it click here.