I think you ended the story already "it is time to restore and replenish... But if you need another ending.....

...or so they thought, unknown to them that the promises of the sky held more disaster unto them. It was indeed a curse. Never before have they witnessed snow, but it showered upon them as though they were from the north.

They never had clothing for such weather, killing and skinning some animals will also take much time.. The women set to work, threading from the sheep's to make for their children new attires while the men gathered in the chiefs house thinking of a solution or what could have angered the heavens to bring such upon their lands.....