Aren’t Saturday’s nice? I am so glad God planned them into the week. We always sleep in (a little), at least until we hear the pitter-patter of bare feet on our tile floor, and tiny voices saying “Mommy, I am hungry.” I always get up and make a big batch of pancakes on Saturdays-it’s a great way to start the morning. Today we all went to the computer lab to see if we could get online, because, yes our internet has been down. So, hopefully, Garth will be able to go back up there and send this when I am done. The kids have fun in the kids side of the lab playing Freddi Fish and LineRider-while we sit in the big kid side and pray for the internet to work. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn’t. Flexibility is the KEY! Especially right now, since we have no internet and our phones don’t work-BUT we have water-so that is good.
I will catch you up on our weekend. Friday was a new experience for us. There was a Helimission helicopter coming in to our airport that Jason was going to load so they invited us to come. We were able to stand right near the runway and watch the helicopter land. Garth and Jason unloaded it and reloaded it with supplies for Kwarja and then we waved it goodbye. Cale was on cloud nine so we stood there for quite awhile and watched other planes land and take off. What fun! The boys had their last volleyball game and did very well-the end result was a loss-but they are much improved since they started. Garth and Jason did a great job.
Today after the computer lab and much needed naps by the girls and Cale, we went on a boat ride around part of Lake Sentani. The timing was perfect. On our way there we were driving through a storm and wondered how that would affect our boat ride. However, it stopped when we got there. The driver sure knew how to read the rain clouds because you could see the rain moving around us on the water but we dodged it the whole time. It made the sky and the pictures incredible. Evening was coming, the air was actually nice and cool, the clouds could not have been more dramatic and the sun was shining through in the midst of the storm. The kids were moved by the beauty and couldn’t believe all of the awe-inspiring things to see. I felt very safe and protected out on the water during the storm because I could see that our boat driver knew what he was doing and would keep us from the storms. How much more safe and protected should I feel in God’s care. He is the Creator of the storms and much more able to keep me from harm than the boat driver. On the way home Sophie was laying on my lap watching the clouds and trying to make pictures out of them. You know she is mega-creative, this is what she saw. A bird, a crocodile, a hippopotamus and a little duckling eating a worm.
We almost didn’t have our pembantu’s today. There is a fence around the whole perimeter of our property and periodically on the fence are gates with locks on them. Well, our pembantu’s walk through the valley and come up the back way to our house and every day there is supposed to be a gate man there to let them in. Well, he is very often not there and they would wait and wait-so finally we were able to get them a key. Today, however, when they came, they realized that someone changed the lock and so they couldn’t get in. They waited for a long time until they got the gate keepers attention to let them in. They told me that if it happens again they will go home and not come in to work. YIKES! They are not mad at me about it, just frustrated at this being such an inconvience. I will try to get it resolved so we don’t have a day with dirty clothes and Mac-N-Cheese. Ha Ha. J
Love to all-
Rachel
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