I am back in The Gambia after a much needed vacation and jumping back in to house repairs, school, and ministry.
After two days of flying back to The Gambia, I spent the first night at our guesthouse to avoid any immediate surprises. Once my teammates and our guesthouse workers got the AC going (it worked but majorly leaked inside the house), fridge started for cold water, and cooking gas refilled, I was ready for some good sleep.
I was grateful that I had placed my phone on silent as when I awoke, I had a message that simply said “your house” and all I saw were trees on the ground!
With a machete, brute force, praise music, and a lot of sweat our worker had all the debris cleared before I even got to my house and there was no damage to the house or even my patio furniture!
Unfortunately, I later found out that my backup power was not working and it was likely a lightning strike that took down the tree branches and also fried my power inverter. A quick call and less than 12 hrs later the electrician showed up and began working on the repair. I am still waiting for him to reinstall the inverter and have had to stay at the guesthouse again due to lengthy power outages (almost 24 hrs).
Day #2 of my return to The Gambia was a phone call from the village that the lid to the septic tank at my house there had caved in. Day #3 was Gambian church, grocery shopping, and a little relaxing before jumping back into school on day #4.
I am grateful for safety, hard workers getting everything repaired swiftly, inexpensive labor, and the time I had on vacation to pray, process, and refill which has allowed me to roll with all of these challenges. Thanks for praying. Rainy season should be wrapping up in the next few weeks and I am ready, but it usually leaves with a bang!
