First Week

It is now Saturday morning.  A week ago we were making final preparations to head to the airport for the trip to Kibuye.  As I write this the next group of workers is approaching their departure time to head here to join us.  We are excited to see what is going on here at Kibuye.  It is a very busy place.  For this country of 11 million there are 20 surgeons.  Jason is one of them and he is kept busy every day.  There is an extreme shortage of eye surgeons in the country, and John is one of those few.  But they are making a difference here, and the Gospel is being given out to so many lost souls.  We are happy to be a small part of what the Lord is doing here and you are there with us in your prayers and support.  We thank you.

We have 2/3 of the batteries in the PowerPac strapped together now.  We have had the Burundi diggers working on ditches for us  to put underground electrical conduits in them.  Our guys have interacted well with these hard workers and feel it is a privilege to get to know them.

Tom snapped a photo of Steph and Deb who have faithfully fed us well.
They will be even busier next week as our team size will grow by nine persons.

We now have permanent power here at Kibuye, as the Electric Utility man came yesterday and put in the fuses to energize the complex.
OSHA???   What's that?

Now, when we get the PowerPac energized, we will be able to use utility power to charge the batteries.

Tom has been using his drone to get some spectacular images of the progress here and has been drawing a real crowd every time he turns it on.  Here is just a shot of the solar array field  that has already changed much since the photo was snapped, but will look entirely different in a few short weeks.

Last night we witnessed a total lunar eclipse here in East Africa.  It was just a reminder of our great God who keeps this universe in order.  In spite of the enormous size of the universe, He is in full control of all that goes on around us and is not willing that any should perish.  He loves you and me more than we can imagine.
This photo is about halfway to total blackout of the moon.

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