As a short update, we are back at the cabin in North Carolina after traveling 10,000 miles to report to our precious support base. We are anticipating our family arriving, starting this weekend, for a time together for Thanksgiving. As we were driving up the steep one-lane gravel road in a heavily loaded mini-van, we got a flat tire. We tried to drive to a more level place and began unpacking (it’s dark – no lights!) to change the flat. We’re about 3 miles from the cabin – but it is a long three miles.
So, on this road where we never see cars, we now have people blocked in front of us and behind us. We dig out the spare tire – and it is very low in pressure, and manage to get it changed and limp to the cabin where I borrowed an air pump and pumped up the tire. There is a two-inch by six inch piece of gravel driven through the center of the tread – major hole. Gravel!!!???? I’ve gotten punctures by drill bits, screws, nails, thorns, but never gravel!
The good news is we got back ok, we met some of our neighbors we hadn’t met before, and it all turned out just fine. The bad news is that we ended up buying two more tires (we got snow tires for the front in Pittsburgh). However, we have more confidence negotiating the road with good rubber under us now instead of the nearly bald specials!
We are catching up on some reports we owe and other administrative work we are responsible for. We learned that two more new churches were planted last month, for which we are very thankful and can only give God the praise. The roof to the Mocuba ministry center is nearly repaired after high winds blew some of it off – we are thankful for that also. I think we have some photos of this on Ann’s computer that I will try to add later.
There is quite a bit of work here to do after being gone for 10 weeks also – some high wind came through here also – nothing major but just work that we need to do to prepare for winter!
It was a wonderful time to meet with so many of our friends but yet there are so many we were unable to connect with. Our travel schedule is filling back up – this time of furlough is so long, yet so very short.
Happy Sunday everyone!
Dave & Ann
“Be very careful , then, how you live – not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity….” Ephesians 5:15
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