July 25, 2009, Saturday
This morning we had no power and heavy rain clouds kept us in deem light for a couple of hours. The clouds produced a nice rain shower and I thought of the parched land at home and prayed for rain there. Susan helped me shop for the food and supplies for the island trip. We bought maize flour, cassava flour, rice, beans, salt, sugar, oil, tomatoes, cabbages, onions, bell peppers, greens, lemons, eggplants, bread, butter, tea, washing soap (zabuni) and laundry powder, steel strings (steel wool for scrubbing pots), bleach (for cleaning the jeri cans that have algae in them), and some bug spray. We picked up the English Bibles that we had ordered, too. We bought some school supplies for the children at Patrick’s orphanage/school. Susan was buying things for the team that is coming on Monday and for the children. We had a car full of stuff so we had to make two trips to the house to finish all the shopping.
At the house, I’ve been organizing things and cleaning the jeri cans. Phil is purchasing the fuel to fill 11 jeri cans with 20 liters capacity in each. He is also buying the oil for the boat, extra spark plugs and kerosene for starting our charcoal cooking fires. I appreciate him helping me by making these purchases. His helper, Ebra, will help monitor the gas pumps so we won’t get cheated. I’ll buy a bag of charcoal from Patrick’s store at Namogango Village on Sigulu Island on Monday.
I’m at the house finishing this journaling before I go with Phil to the internet tonight. At the moment we have power but that hasn’t been the case all day.
I’m feeling confident about having everything ready for Monday. I’ve also rested some these last two days.
