Monday March 19, 2007

During the week I spent most of my time at the YWAM base. Monday was a somewhat insane day. Mr. K. was out dropping people off at the airport. On his way home again the tire tread started to come off of his tire. He stopped and wanted to change the tire, but the jack wouldn’t work so he couldn’t. He got back in the van and prayed and prayed until he got back to the base. When he got back Ellis changed the tire to the donut tire. The donut tire had some leaks in it, though, so that wasn’t going to last long, but it had to last for a little while. Mr. K then went to pick up some of the students from the school that they were co-oping at. On his way home from the school the break failed on that same van. He was on his way down a hill and he knew that there was a curve coming and a narrow road. He again prayed and pumped the breaks and then they started working again.

On that day Mr. Rick was also out with Santi dropping off the other students at their placements. After dropping off the students the bus that they were driving broke down. They had to call around and find another ride home. Santi brother or brother-in-law drove them home, but on the way they stopped at many places and visited with many people and… because Sanit is so talkative… these visits too a long time.

That evening we finally got the ground ready for the pool. I spent some time in the evening with Mr. K. and Nathan spreading dirt and sand to make a level area for the pool. It wasn’t until after dark that we got to spreading out and pumping up the pool. That proved to be an interesting endeavor. We put the hoses in and left them for the night to start filling the pool. We knew that the pool filling would take hours because the water pressure is very low here.

At 8:30 we had devotions, but before we could do that we had some problems with and student being very disobedient and rebellious. It was hard to get into devotions after that, but we pressed in. After devotions we had a meeting with that student. The meeting was harsh and straight to the point. She really didn’t see at all how she was wrong and how selfish she was being. She came to the realization of what had happened and apologized.

Monday was a crazy day, to say the least. God was faithful, though, and He gave us the strength to make it through.