Boat work

Got engine 2 (starboard) working.  Got the ignition switches figured out and corrected.  Seems some wires were crossed.
Got the radar installed and working.  Pretty cool to see the mountains and bridge on it :-]
Water pump is not working, trying to figure that one out.  Also the fuel pump for the heater won't work. 
We need to get fuel now.  Figured it up and the main tanks will hold around 350 gallons.  That will be around $1400 dollars.  gulp

Boat work

Been working every day (except Sunday) on the boat.  Yesterday we got one engine running, today we hope to get the other.  Found lots of problems to overcome, wiring done wrong among them.  Got the spotlight installed and working and the radar installed.  I have to wire the radar and that looks to be kinda involved.  I have the windlass installed and now need to wire it as well.

Lets all go down to the river...

Today the church in Puerto Aysen had an all day baptism and cook out.  We loaded up in a bus and cars and headed up the canyon some 40 minutes.  Later we had a short service by the river and buried this group of new believers in a water grave!
Here's  a few pictures from it:

8 new believers added to our Fathers kingdom!

Local version of a BBQ.

Puerto Gala

Our church leader called from Cisnes to tell me about something neat.  One of the members there in Cisnes is actually from Puerto Gala and has family there.  The only way to reach Gala is by boat and is one of our target islands for the boat ministry.  Well, seems this guy (Leo) hasn't been idle sharing his faith with his family and now it looks like we have an entire family of new believers waiting for us in Gala!  They have offered us their home to hold meetings in!

Please pray we get the boat fixed up and running asap!

The 13th of Jan a friend (Dennis Gross) and his wife are supposed to arrive and work on getting the boat ready for launching.  Please pray for this couple!

Rainfall

Well, emptied the rain gauge for the last time for 2010.

Total was 119.3 inches for the year.

Heat wave and drought

Driest spell we've ever seen here.  The drought is in it's 10th day.  Ok, so maybe it's not a drought to you but to us that's DRY!  Got clear up to 82 degrees, too.

Christmas eve

We celebrated Christmas in the traditional way here.  We got together with pastor Hector and family and did a BBQ!

This is summer now and the weather was nice.  I put the food on the grill 10 pm, no problem as it was still light out.  Gets dark around 11 pm.  We sat down to eat around 11 and opened presents on Christmas morning.  Got to bed after 1.

Take a tour of our new dock!

In back yard looking toward river.

Looking down fixed ramp at landing.

On landing looking at movable ramp.

On dock looking up river.

On dock looking down river.

Now we have to paint all this.  Wanna help?  :-]

Christmas 2010 newsletter

Special request

Would you help us get our boat in the water?

Our mechanic from Texas needs to come down and finish some installations before we can launch the boat. He needs some parts and airfare to be able to do it. He is retired but has been working to raise funds but still lacks around $2000 for both airfare and parts.

Would you consider helping us out by donating a few dollars? You could send money to either my checking account or work account at AGWM. Also please let me know if you do and the amount so I can be sure it makes it to the right fund!

Thank you!!!!

My e-mail: aysensteve(@)gmail(.)com
Note: I put parenthesis around the dot to foil e-mail bots from finding it. Just ignore them.

e-donation: (also at bottom right of page click link called donations.

https://secure1.ag.org/contributions/detail.cfm?LedgerID=2649640D-AB9A-4707-B5A1-0A3FAE7B9D36

Work Account:

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More pics!

We went on a paseo Sunday and showed the team our area.

 

 

Pastor Bob Weis and us at the end of the fijord.

A fine group of supervisors  :-]

 

Before.  
Our old dock was rotting and actually dangerous to go out on.

After.  
Now this is NICE!  What is even more amazing is 
that this was accomplished in 3 days of work!

Never fails.  There is always someone who needs to be kept on a leash.

We were able to purchase some old salmon pen parts.

A design was decided on and the welders went to work.

View from across the river.

The new dock in place!

The ramp up

Our expert dock team!

The completed dock was placed in the river by 2 cranes

Then floated downriver Huck Finn style

Once arrived it was tied up

And we now have a dock in place!

STL boat arrives!

Here's a pic of our new boat sitting in front of the yard. Now we get to finish fixing it up and get it ready to launch. Be a couple months till wel launch probably. We still need a name for it so be sure to vote!

Boat arrives at Chacabuco!

Our boat has made it closer to home! It arrived at our port here and now we have to do some paperwork to get it out. Hopefully we'll have it here at the house in a few more days!

We still have to name it so be sure to vote!

At the baptizm in Puerto Cisnes

Baptism Cisnes 11/14

Uh oh

So there I was in Santiago, I had just bought a pen drive and I whipped out my trusty pocket knife (Kersaw assisted opening drop point),sliced open the package and it occurred to me...Why do I have my pocket knife on me?  Seems I forgot to take it out of my pocket and took it on a 3 hour flight through 2 airports.  I'm not sure to be happy I didn't lose my favorite knife or be concerned about airport security.  Yes, they use metal detectors.