No Rain but Another Challenge

We've been blessed with no rain, but of course, humidity is very high. It's okay, the ground needs to dry out and people need to get their lives back in order. The President advised they quit building on ravines. Hello? Where are they going to go? And, those in the valley suffered great damage. Remember,
St Marc is filled with people from Gonaives, who fled during the hurricane season. Truly, there is no where else to go but on the high places!

This morning when I turned on the fan, it wouldn't turn on. We now have an electric problem. We are getting city power, but the voltage is so erratic, surges that are unbelievable. We found there was a whole circuit blown and had we not had a voltage regulator our computers would be gone, as the regulator blew. We thought one of the fans would take flight during a surge yesterday. So, back to running the generator even though there is city power. If we don't we risk losing our copy machines at school.

Another challenge is our vehicle. The poor road conditions has been hard on our truck this year. Remember we use it daily and in St Marc, the main road is horrible. It has gone from bad to worse since coming in in September. We did see surveyors on Saturday which "hint" at the new highway extending through St Marc....oh! how we hope. But, that doesn't help the present condition of the truck. We truly need another vehicle!

We are also considering renting another house. As we look over the past school year, we realize the band has interrupted everything as far as noise level goes at the school. We've got to move or lose the band. There is a house next to the school that's empty and available for 1300 American dollars a year. This would solve the problem. We could use it for the band and for extra staff that may come on board in the fall (we are praying for extra American staffing).

In the meantime, we also need a whole house voltage regulator or we're going to lose our equipment and that would be far more expensive than a regulator. Does anyone know someone who would be willing to fund it?

Monday is never without it's special set of problems is it? Have a blessed week. Tomorrow we go to the beach with the El Shaddai kids, their first trip this year and of course, their last. We will have a special meal and a good time, I'm sure. Wednesday, Gary goes to Port to pick up our guests coming from International Accelerated Missions from Berne, NY. Sharon Carlson, the Administrator will speak at the Bible school graduation on Saturday, but on Friday, El Shaddai has their closing and graduation. So, we have full week ahead of us.

Never a dull moment when serving the Lord! And, who really wants dull moments?
Have a blessed week.
Carolyn