Ready

Lee and I went to work on the church building to get it ready for the Gospel Meeting yesterday. We rearranged the building materials that are waiting to be used to finish the inside. We cleaned both floors, built two 11 ft. picnic style benches to sit on and a temporary pulpit. Lee mistook his finger for a nail once and almost fell down the stairs. That is usually my job. It was very, very hot. The electricity is on only from 6 pm to 8 am on Gugeegue right now. All the neighborhood babies were fussy from the heat. They were all crying and taking short naps. Water is a big issue on Ebeye and Gugeegue. People travel all the way to Kwajalein to haul back buckets or jugs full of drinking water. Many use rain water they catch that runs off of their tin roofs. Unfortunately we are in the middle of our rainy season and we are 11 plus inches behind.  Considering the heat, lack of water and electricity, it is pretty remarkable. Americans are very blessed. Count your blessings people.

Gospel Meeting

We are holding a Gospel Meeting on Gugeegue with Robert H. Martin, on Sept. 28-Oct 2, 2008. Robert is flying into Kwaj on Thursday. He has held several meetings on different islands in the pacific on his trip. Paul Hester, who was the preacher who built the church building was some how managing to make it to Hawaii with his work and then he was coming to Kwaj for the meeting. Unfortunately those plans fell through. It was disappointing for everyone. Lee and I are going to the church building on Monday to rearrange some of the building supplies that have not been used yet so we can make room for as many chairs as possible down stairs for the meeting. Lee is trying to come up with a way to make a podium for preaching and song leading. It is going to be a challenge getting over to Gugeegue every night but we will do whatever it takes. Please pray the meeting will be a success.

Craft Time

We did our first craft today with the kids. It was one of those paper plate crafts. I belief in the KISS method (keep it simple stupid). When you have such a large range in age it can be very tricky. Some of the kids that were old enough they should have known how to use scissors were lost right off the bat. We finally got the cutting done and it went a lot smoother after that. Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of their creations. (sorry)

I'll try again next week.

Thank you to my cousin Liesl Waldrum for sending three boxes of craft supplies with almost none that was a duplicate of what I have already received from other generous helpers.

Sun Rise

Lee gets Sunday and Monday off from work. Today is Monday but when you get old like us you can't sleep late like you did when you was young. We have watched muti sun sets but not a sun rise. We were up anyway so we watched the sun come up. Equally pretty going up or down.

Trailers

Trailers are very important for hauling anything on Kwaj. Just like the bikes, there are all kinds of trailers. This one is to haul kids but a lot of people buy them to haul groceries even though the grocery store delivers your groceries. The rubbermaid type trailers are very popular for not getting your cargo wet. Some trailers are hand made others are bought. Some haul heavy loads, some haul loads of 100 pounds or less. A lot of people have more than one type of trailer.