Today ended up being another day of preparation. We met up with the home owner at the building supply store to purchase all of the items needed for the repair work. They are set for delivery tomorrow, so it looks like the actually work will begin on Thursday.
After realizing that we were not going to be able to work at the house of the High Chief today, we went back to the mission house and helped out with the kitchen remodel. The area we stay in is on the second floor and there are several spots that are week and about to fall through. As a matter of fact, one of the workers fell through today. He is alright, but the water pipe is not. Not a major fix, so all is good.
I had another opportunity to hand out a gold coin. Here on the island, there is an a group call Volunteers Organization Active in Disasters. There role is to locate people on the island that are in need of assistance and get facilitate us evaluating the property and giving them and estimate of what it would take to get the repairs completed. They also are there on the job sites and serve as our interpreters. Although most of the people on the island speak English, there is still a good amount of people in the villages that do not. So, back to the coin. The social work assigned to us form VOAD was giving us a bit of history of the island. There was an opportunity to ask if she had ever seen a gold $1 coin before. It took a bit of convincing, but she eventually believed us that it was real currency. The conversation lead to talking about how we live our lives and in the end, she said .... "I really like working with the Baptists." As before, I pray that the seed planted will flourish and eventually lead to a relationship with Christ. After all of the running around this morning, it made it all worth it to be able to be in the situation to share.
The schedule for tomorrow is to verify the delivery of the materials purchased yesterday. If they arrive in enough time, then we can begin the work. If not, then Thursday it will be (unless things change). We will continue to work on the mission house as well.
Thank you all for you comments and prayers. I know that God is working and I hope that the opportunities to share continue to arise.
In Christ..... Billy
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Hey Buddy, So Glad to be following you on this blog. One minute its lunch at unos the next your 1,ooo's of miles away. So glad God's Spirit is the same everywhere. Blessings to you in Jesus name. I'll be followin you. Prayers comin your wway. Love ya Bro, Hank
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