September 8, 2008
Lord willing, we will be on our way in the next two days. The water was finally going down this morning until it started to rain! Our plans did change this past week concerning storage. I went to check on a storage building to rent and discovered the smallest unit available rents for $72 a month (8X10)! We cleared out the kids' room in our trailer and decided to stack everything there, even though it goes to the roof. It has ranged from 98-105 degrees daily, so a hard day's work (8AM-8PM) doesn't seem to render as much as it should. It normally requires three changes of clothing because of soaking the others to the point they cannot be tolerated any more (shoulders to knees). We have waded the waters until we are sick of seeing them.
The other day, I took a plastic truck box out to the storage building. The dolly got stuck in the mud and the truck box floated off. I finished the trip by floating the box the rest of the way to the storage area. Everything else is going into the trailer that stays here.
In the midst of this, several of the buildings at the mission lost power. I have chased circuits and have discovered that a main 240 volt line has a section with an open circuit. The shop lost receptacles one day and lights and all power the next, all without blowing the circuit breakers. After some trouble shooting, I discovered that there is no continuity on the lines, apparently due to a break, but not a short. Our storage building is on that line!!
Continue to pray for these folks who live here. Many are wading the waters to their homes which are situated on low, cement pillars. That means they are LIVING over this sewage. At least we are able to live in a decent environment thanks to the mission, even though everything else is under water.
The other day, I took a plastic truck box out to the storage building. The dolly got stuck in the mud and the truck box floated off. I finished the trip by floating the box the rest of the way to the storage area. Everything else is going into the trailer that stays here.
In the midst of this, several of the buildings at the mission lost power. I have chased circuits and have discovered that a main 240 volt line has a section with an open circuit. The shop lost receptacles one day and lights and all power the next, all without blowing the circuit breakers. After some trouble shooting, I discovered that there is no continuity on the lines, apparently due to a break, but not a short. Our storage building is on that line!!
Continue to pray for these folks who live here. Many are wading the waters to their homes which are situated on low, cement pillars. That means they are LIVING over this sewage. At least we are able to live in a decent environment thanks to the mission, even though everything else is under water.
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