Singing Praises To The Lord

Our kids love to sing songs in church. I bought a camcorder so you could watch the joy they have while they are singing praises to the Lord.  The powers that be on Kwaj have been promising  to deliver faster Internet for the residence since we arrived. I can rarely get on line when everyone is off work on Sunday & Mon.  Our dial up is supposed to be 56K. We usually have 2K.                                                                         We had a good day of worship to show you.  The kids sang songs in English and Marshallese and Peterson brought God's word to the adults. Prayerfully, one day soon, I can share those blessings with you.              

Sunny Day

The Lord provided us with a beautiful sunny day today for worship.  Our members from Gugeegue made the trip just fine.  Praise God for our many blessings.

This is part of the school building that we meet at.  It is falling apart in many places.  Notice the missing rails on the stairs.  

These are the bathrooms at the school. The available water depends on the water catchments being filled by the rain. There is a water facet on the right that is the only source of water for the kids.  These bathrooms are not available during our church service.  If we need to go to the bathroom we have to walk back towards the dock area and use the bathroom at one of the local stores.  BYOT. Bring your own tissue. Thank the Lord for the many designer bathrooms at your church and the well kept schools your kids and grandkids attend.

Broken Record

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, or repeating previous entries for you young whipper snappers,  it poured rain while going to church again today.  The kids had a good time playing in the streets in the deep water.  We had to walk through water up to our knees to get to the church building.

We received five plus inches yesterday and there was no way to get to the classroom without wading through the water.  Every inch of us was soaked. When we went to the dock to catch the ferry, strong winds came in and the waves picked up. The wind was blowing the rain so hard we could barely hold on to our umbrellas. We were afraid the rusty cover over the dock was going to fall on our heads.  We walked over to the nearest building to block the wind and rain until the ferry showed up.

When it rains that much there is no way for the taxi's to be able to travel the Gugeegue road. Six kids and six adults waded through the flooding and made it to church.  We had a great worship service and praised God for filling up the water catchments for everyone.

Plan 'B' Often Used

It did not rain on the way to church today but it did rain several times during the week so we still had to walk around mud puddles. This is the path leading into the school yard.

This is one of the better class rooms. The teachers desks do not have legs.  Count your blessings teachers. 

We had around 50 kids for Bible Class.  Our group from Gugeegue did not make the trip to Ebeye in time for church.  Our teacher was in that group so we had to throw next weeks teacher into this weeks spot.  Peterson & Yolonda kept the kids busy singing while waiting for the teacher. Our teachers are great. They have stepped in when things have not gone as planned several times.  Praise God for our teachers.

Jobs Needed

It rained again today on the way to church.  We had to walk around many mud holes in the school yard.  God has blessed us with the rain to fill the peoples water catchments.


It has been pretty scary on Kwaj lately.  They laid off around 25 Marshallese and fifty something Americans. Anyone who quits on their own are not being replaced.  No one from church have been laid off yet and we are all very thankful to God for his blessings.

Making a living for the Marshallese people is very tough.  If they do not work on Kwaj there are very few ways for them to earn money to support their families.  Everything is so expensive that whatever you do make does not go far. We have one of our Sisters who sells sandwich bags of popcorn for a quarter to earn money to support her and her daughter. They sleep on the floor of another couples home. She works at any odd jobs she can find.  There are many people on Ebeye & Gugeegue who are needing any way to make a living. There is no Internet and only a few phones. If anyone has any idea of how people can earn money, send me your ideas.  Count your blessing if you have a steady job and you can provide for your family.