This report was written on Tuesday 31st January, but I haven't been able to post it until now.

Excellent progress getting Lynne White resettled in the Gimi

Bill, Erwin, Josh and Lynne flew by helicopter this morning to the village where John and Lynne lived in the Gimi. Lynne has returned on her own following John’s death from cancer six months ago. The Lord gave good weather and so they were able to get there by about 10 a.m.

They got the radio antenna up during the morning and so I was able to talk to Bill on the 12:45p.m. radio sched. I have now talked with both Bill and Lynne on this evening’s sched and learned they have made tremendous progress.

The water tanks for both Lynne’s house and the little guest house where Josh and his family will be living for the next six weeks had been disconnected. In fact the pipe to the main house had been snapped off right at the tank. The guys have replaced the pipes and so Lord willing water will collect from rain tonight. Water is leaking from the bottom of the tank and so it appears a hole has developed. The men have put a mixture of cement and ash into the tank which hopefully will seal up the leak.

The kerosene fridge in the guest house and the 12volt fridge in the main house are up and running.

Sad to say someone has ripped out all the electrical wiring and lights in the guest house. Thus I have to get together wire and send it in on the helicopter when it goes on Thursday to take Josh’s little family in and bring Bill and Erwin out. The bucket shower has also been stolen from that house and so I have to get a spare one from our workshop and send it in also.

Please pray for safety as they work on four major jobs tomorrow including refitting the solar panels.

The believers in the village cooked a mumu meal and served it at about 2 p.m. They will be overjoyed that Lynne has returned. She will not live full-time in the tribe. She’ll come out again after the six weeks and be at Sobega where she has been for almost two months thus far. However, she hopes to make more trips into the tribe in the future.