Rather late than never they say.
The week has been filled with a variety of tasks as the full focus on the boat during the last couple of weeks, put other things on hold.
Dries and Norbert removed the outboard motors from the boat as well as all the batteries which need to be checked and charged. Dries went to school to see how the roof has been replaced and he was not happy, because much of it was not done straight. It is one of our continous struggle; to get people to deliver good work. Dries could not be there to keep an eye on the roof job, with the result that the one side has basically been botched and looks like giant sharks teeth, zig-zagging along instead of lined up and straight. That doesn’t seem to bother anyone and all the classrooms are up and running. Dries would have to replace the gutter system and do some work on the Land Rover, therefore much of February will be spent on that and Gabriel will have to wait.
I have been busy preparing Ranger lessons. Discovery Rangers will start on the books of Joel and Jonah and Adventure Rangers are digging into the book of Proverbs. We run a three year cycle with the Royal Ranger lessons and I seem to keep on adding to the existing lessons as there is always more to discover. Our children’s insight anf love for the Word of God would surpass that of many adults.
It is the time of ‘tsy misy’…’there isn’t’. Most of our vegetables and supplies come from the mainland of Madagascar and with all the rain that we had and the damage to roads and bridges, shops and markets are quite bare. You don’t buy by kilogram now, but rather per carrot or tomato because of the high prices. Nobody can cook without tomatoes, myself included, so the price of tomatoes is a hot topic.
Have a blessed week.