My assessment of the mud yesterday was an understatement. Here's a little more about the situation on the road to Goroka. On Sunday night, one of the Interface (ITF) trucks got stuck on the way into town. They called back for help and another truck went down to tow them out. They alternately pulled each other out of the mud, until they were eventually both stuck at the same time. In the middle of the night, two of them walked back to get a backhoe, which had to dig through five feet of mud before hitting anything solid enough for them to drive on. It took almost twenty four hours for them to return to ITF with all three vehicles.
The back hoe limped back to campus, and is under repair. Wish you could see the video of them using the bucket on the front of the backhoe to dig in to the ground pulling both the back hoe and another truck through the mud - unbelievable.
The road is currently impassable. They'll have to do some work before anyone can get through -- but some sunshine (and no rain!) would be a big help. There are several people stranded here on campus that would like to get back to town, and I'm sure within the next couple of days we'll need some way of getting food and supplies in here. So please pray that it will dry out quickly.
For us though, everything is going along as usual (other than some extra sliding around in the mud as we walk up and down the hills).I have a new appreciation for the term "rainy season".
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Emily I love to hear what the Lord is taking you guys through. Keep it up!
2 Corinthians 12:10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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