Praising God for relief from back pain!

Having prayed for rain on Sunday it sure did show up! We figure about two feet of it over a three day span! (this thanks to cyclone Azu, which was heading toward Vanuatu). The six new 2000 gallon tanks were ready to be inaugurated by Tuesday: by Thursday morning they held collectively some 12000 liters and that just from the gutters of the main building!

The rains cooled things down somewhat (to the mid twenties C), but the last two days we have had clear skies again and the temperature sitting around the 32-34C with high humidity.

The Choates hope to leave this weekend for their village. Their 'normal' ferry The Bikoi has been out of service and might be ready to sail again on Sunday. If not then they will have to sail on the 'Express', which is faster but they can not take any of their extra supplies with them...much to pray about...

We also worked on relocating a washer and a tub with its associated water supply. Together with Karen Hopping (an Aussie gal involved in literacy work) we went to Tong's: one of the larger hardware stores. It's not always possible to get the things you need or explain what you need...

 

We hope to make two lockable storage units for her literacy material and a book case as well out of three sheets of plywood.

Henk's back is almost back to normal: thank you for praying!

Glad I didn't have to climb the coconut tree! (one of the workers using a length of electrical wire)