“Don’t be so focused on getting out of difficult circumstances that you don’t get anything out of them. Sometimes the circumstances we’re trying to change are the very circumstances God is using to change us. So before you take a painkiller, listen carefully to what God is saying during the tough times.”
~Mark Batterson, Whisper: How to Hear the Voice of God
Last night, we received an email from the American Consulate stating that if we had any desire to be in Honiara, now was the time to go. Once the virus hits the Solomon Islands, all shipping and all roads connecting to Honiara will be closed. So, we made the very difficult decision to cancel Aaron’s workshop this week and to head back into town immediately. Aaron, Ezekiel, and Belza had a quick, impromptu business meeting underneath our house this morning and made plans for the work to go ahead in our absence.
God graciously provided a ship bringing people out of Honiara to the Russell Islands this afternoon, and we were able to load our cargo and send it on its way back into town. We have more buckets and boxes than usual because we still have 4-6 weeks of supplies that we intended to use here in the village, and we’ve been told that we might have to stay at least six months. Tomorrow morning, we plan to take a three hour bumpy motor canoe ride (about 2 p.m. Central Time on Tuesday) across to the end of Guadalcanal, where our colleagues will pick us up and drive us the 1 ½ hours back to SITAG. We will still get back to Honiara before our cargo! Thanks for your prayers. Lately, it’s been raining almost every morning around sunrise, so we may be in for an early morning shower.
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