I have once again lost a couple of days along the way…but it has been BUSY! Dries and I finally got everything to the boat to be ready for the team to start work Monday morning. There were some challenges; it has been almost two weeks that we hardly have electricity, at most five hours a day. It is simply too expensive to run a generator full time, but we had to cart the generator all the way back to the house to refrigerate the meat for the team. Organising drinking water was also a major challenge. There are still shortages concerning vegetables and a Plan B is always required.
The guys arrived on Sunday afternoon and I think the most repeated phrase so far has been, ‘It is very hot!’ The humidity is definitely tough on all of us. We look as if we have been dragged through a bucket of water for most of the day. Feeding eight hungry men is just about a full time job. Thank you for the meal ideas that some of you supplied. We’ll survive!
We are on our second day of work and these guys are bringing it! Dries has to organise the squad and he literally runs, actually jumps as it is not possible to run on a boat, between the guys. We are so thankful for this mighty boost to get Gabriel back on the water. We are also blessed by the fellowship and to be amongst like minded people.
Rikus definitely ended up with the most unwanted job of all. He has to dig out rotten wood in an extremely small space, but he just keeps going.
Please keep on praying for our safety and for the guys to stay healthy and fit.
God bless!