Rain

Today again, the heavens opened and all is being refreshed. I just dropped everything and walked out into the rain. The days are still warm and humid, and the rain was just the right temperature to be refreshing. Night comes at 5pm now, and sunsets are very quick. I drove into town on Wednesday on a very dark night and thought I was late to a meeting. It turned out to be only 5.40pm.

Steve Sutherland and his family have arrived safely. This quickly led to new friendships with the kids. Within an hour of their arrival, I saw Jasmine with Alisha and Carolyn walking down the path with their dolls, combing their doll's hair and oblivious to the surrounding commotion of mowers and tractors.

We had the privilege of meeting and working with Frank and Tony for two weeks, and we already miss them as they have continued on their journey through the north of Australia. This has caused me to ponder how it will be at the end of our time here. We have become good friends with many of the staff and volunteers here and will miss them. Our children have also established freindships with the other kids and I know it will be hard for them too.

Hence, the mixing of the words: 'sweet sorrow' has taken on new meaning for me. We sorely miss our friends back home and will be sad to leave here, but chomping at the bit to see you all again.

Whilst the rain continues, I will be welding jigs to hold the 'hing' bolts in place when we concrete the tower bases. Chris and I will be assessing the backhoe and auger attachment for drilling the square tower holes once things dry out again and who knows, I may even have to fire up the dingo to help with that.

Below is a photo of some of the cages I have welded for the tower

guy cables.

Here are the two air cond units Chris and I moved for the TX

building. They are 2.5m off the ground - so we had to lift them

into place using the backhoe.

Quite a few volunteers will be arriving in the next few weeks so we look forward to the vibrant atmosphere they will bring with them as they look to serve God in this place.