On Monday, we called some of our colleagues who live in "The Loft" on SITAG property.  Their current home sits high above SITAG and commands a gorgeous view of both the sunrise and the sunset, with the Pacific Ocean stretching in between.  We wanted to know if we could come eat a picnic supper on their porch in hopes of seeing the lunar eclipse as the moon rose.

 

 

 

On our way over to their house last night, we passed by a group of Wycliffe Associates working like busy bees.  Our friends had ordered 1000 copies of Old Testament stories in Kwaio several weeks ago.  They want to have these booklets available for the New Testament dedication this weekend.  When they went to pick up the books Monday, only between 300 and 400 were ready. 

 

 

Those that were ready were stapled in the wrong order.  The books were supposed to go out on a specially chartered ship Monday night, but they couldn't go in their current state.  So these sweet people were taking out each staple, rearranging the pages, and re-stapling so that some of the books could go on a different ship (and more cargo costs would have to be paid).

 

 

The group of Wycliffe Associates had a streamlined assembly line going, so we continued our walk over to the best "seat in the house" for the lunar eclipse.  We even had pretty paper plates that had just arrived in a care package from my mother-in-law, so our picnic was both tasty and lovely.

 

 

Unfortunately, the clouds kept the moon covered during the entire moon rise.  So, we didn't see anything amazing in the sky, but we did enjoy some fabulous fellowship!  And we enjoyed a good night's sleep last night, which is NOT a given here.  With windows open all night long, you never know if the band is going to be practicing till all hours of the night or if the dogs in the neighborhood are going to plant themselves outside your window and howl (they always seem to begin around 2:30 a.m.).

 

 

But last night was peaceful, and we got up and running this morning going in several different directions.  Benjamin went walking with a SITAG "uncle", Aaron and I went to use the SITAG gym (a second hand treadmill and a second hand elliptical machine stuck down in an office), and Sarah opted to stay home and fix breakfast burritos for everybody.

 

 

After school, the girls made Easter basket cupcakes (thanks to the jellybeans my mom sent!) to share with our SITAG neighbors.  Aaron has been in town all day long working on getting the registration and insurance for the newest SITAG vehicle.  With traffic all backed up and each office in a different location, he just called to say that he wasn't going to be able to complete everything today.  I think he'll be home in time for supper, and we will have a houseful tonight with eight Wycliffe Associates joining us!