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Puerto Gala

Yesterday we were asked to visit Puerto Gala this coming weekend.
Right now the schedule looks like this:
Friday afternoon head to Cisnes, stop along the way and pick up 2 sheep fleeces for a lady in the church in Aysen.
Leave on the coastal ferry around 11pm, looks like we may bring in some food supplies for the locals.
Arrive Gala around 5am.  It's about a 50 mile trip.
Leave Gala sometime Sunday evening
Arrive Cisnes 4am or so.  Head straight home.

We'd appreciate your prayers!

El Lapiz, The Pencil

Ilustración para Domingo:

El maestro tomó el lápiz antes de ponerlo en la caja.  Y le dijo al lápiz: hay 5 cosas que tienes que entender antes que te mando al mundo.  Si recuerdas estas 5 cosas llegará de ser el mejor lápiz posible.

1.  Puedes lograr muchas cosas grandes, pero solo si te permites ser manejado por el maestro.

2.  De vez en cuando será necesario sacar un punto.  Será doloroso pero te hará un mejor instrumento.

3.  Puedo corregir los errores que haces.

4.  El parte más importante de ti es lo que esta adentro.

En cada superficie donde estas usado tienes que dejar su huella

 Sermon illustration for Sunday:

The maker took the pencil before putting it in the box. And he said to the pencil: there are 5 things that you have that to understand before I send you into the world. 
If you remember these 5 things you will become the best possible pencil.
    1. You can achieve great things, but only if you allow yourself to 
         be handled by the master.
    2. Sometimes it will be necessary to sharpen you. 
        It will be painful but it will make you a better instrument.
    3. I can to correct any mistakes you make.
    4. The most important part of you is what is inside.
    5. On every surface where you are used you must leave your mark.

Boat launch

Well, we finally got the boat in the water.  THAT was a chore.  Took 2 days but we finally got it in and to the house.  Engines seemed to run pretty good but we could only get around 7mph from it all the way home instead of the 20-25 expected.  The real bad news is that it sits very low in the stern.  It is so low that we cannot use it.  You can imagine how we feel after so much time and money invested in this project to find this out now.  We and several others tried to get the builder to put it in the water before shipping it down but it never happened.

We could sure use your prayers right about now.  We need to know what to.  About the only hope I can see is to add flotation in the rear.  Something I'm not even sure is possible.

This comes just as we get word that more people are getting saved in Gala and they really want Rhonda and I to visit them and help them on their new journey.  They said "we need someone to guide us!"  And the only way to get there is by boat.  We need a boat!

Anyway, thanks for praying for us as we face this very discouraging situation.