We lived on St. Vincent for 5 years and all of us have climbed the volcano, Brice too many times to count. It's a truly beautiful place filled with tropical rainforest. In April of 1979, it erupted with the only casualty being a pig. This April it erupted again and has been continuously over the last few days.
One of our students currently has family that live in the town near the volcano. At the last minute, they were all able to get out. The problem we are hearing from graduates and old neighbors is that because their water system is above ground, it has now all been contaminated with ash. Stores are out of water now.
These pictures are from here in Barbados. For us, almost 100 miles away, we have received several days of darkened skies from the ash. The ash has been accumulating and with a smattering of rain has made it messy and turned into a cement mixture. We got a reprieve today and have started cleaning everything. Our water is low now, and so orders have been not to use water unless needed. But, it is hard to imagine being in the direct zone there and not even have drinking water, let alone water to clean out the ash! We keep praying for ways to help and for God to continue to provide for them.
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