Life Boat
New Year's Day, 2012
Overnight between December 31 and January 1, Mpulungu experienced a large storm. The waves caused the Life Boat to bump against another metal boat and a strut of the rack at the back of Life Boat pushed through the fiber-glass hull under the waterline, making a fist-sized hole. During the night, water came into the boat, completely
submerging the engines and most of the cabins. Three other boats parked near the Lifeboat were lost or completely submerged. Thankfully, employ-ees of the fishing company where the Life Boat is parked tied ropes to the boat and kept it above water until they called us in the morning.
Good News II team members and friends worked using water pumps, buck-ets, and a winch to plug the hole and bail out the water and diesel which filled the boat. By late in the evening of Sunday, January 1, the Life Boat was again above water.
We are still in the process of assessing the damage. It is likely that the cabi-nets and floorboards will have to come out. This week has been spent getting the water out of the diesel tanks. Next week it will be possible to test the engines.
Please pray for the Vision, the reason this boat exists—that the Gospel will be shared around the Lake. Stand with us as we press on toward the goal, regardless of challenges, trusting in God's sovereignty and protection.
On happier news, tomorrow I head off to Germany to the OM GO conference this will be 11 days of training before heading off to Zambia. PLease pray for a fresh filling of the Holy spirit, a renewed focus, spiritual protection and his will to be done.
1 cor 15v58
Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
thinking of you all and praying for you! Keep up the blog so i can know specifics to pray for. Welldone!! and Praise God!! :) :) Vicky M
ReplyDeleteAs a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness. |
ReplyDeleteI will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in justice. |34 Ezekiel 12 & 16
Hey mate! Are you surviving well? All good on this side of Africa. God bless and post an update soon! Lenka
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