Update in 5

Monday, August 11, 2014

Update in 5

Here's a quick update:

1. USA 3: Haiti 1

The girls and I (Kate) are back in Indiana after three weeks in Haiti, so the girls could get back to school. They started last week. So far, so good. We left Storly in Haiti, mainly to oversee the Radio Towers/Petite Anse project. He'll probably be there for another few weeks.

2. Towers & Stuff Have Arrived

The three containers with new towers, equipment and supplies for the new Towers Project - replacing two AM radio towers - arrived and have been delivered to the Petite Anse site ready for work.

3. Towers Coming Down

The technical team doing the towers work have arrived in Haiti and started work. They took down one tower already, will be doing some preparation work and getting new towers erected and connected over the next few weeks.

4. Transmitter Problem

The longer I'm around Radio 4VEH and involved in this work, the easier it is to see that the enemy (yeh, I do mean Satan) does not like the work of 4VEH, and will do anything to disturb, distract, and discourage. As we've been happy to see progress with the Radio Towers project, urgh, another problem comes up - the AM transmitter's broken down.

If you think of the radio towers and tuning equipment as the steering wheel and accelerator (gas pedal) in a car, the transmitter is like the engine. (Apologies to all you radio technicians out there for oversimplifying).

Tech adviser Jerry working on the AM transmitter

After several days with our technicians on the phone with technicians from the transmitter manufacturer, and a trip to Haiti by our tech adviser Jerry and another technician, and several more days working and troubleshooting...and more time on the phone with manufacturer...and still the transmitter's not working. If you're someone who prays, would you pray that the transmitter will be fixed quickly?

5. Great birthday

It was great to be able to enjoy Haiti's gorgeousness on my birthday recently with a day at Cormier beach, with Elida (OMS missionary nurse) and new friends Meg, Rachel and Lauren, who were helping at the medical clinic.