It is that time of the year again when all the vehicles around had enough of all the water and mud. Not just my truck but also the bikes on this yard are broken. I spent the whole day to fix my old trusty jungle bike and try to restore it to good use, but not too easy, need to bring it in for fine tuning. Every morning Twans storm out of here with her bike just to get stuck in the mud around the corner. It is filthy mud and water as it lies between the small houses. We need to get her boots for this, shame.
The truck is another story. On Friday we went out to
town and I said to Twans that something is seriously wrong. So Saturday, I
loaded the bike on the back and off to the mechanic. Just a few kilometers
away, a huge bang and the front wheel ran ahead of me. I am not sure if
everyone were in shock but when I climb out of the truck we all started to
laugh at this. Of course the truck is down without a wheel and a guy rolled it
back to me. Luckily it was the wheel nuts that came loose. How in the big world
that happened and why did the wheel not fell out on the highway back home? Two
times there could have been a terrible accident on our way back home but God protected
us again. So we fixed everything.
This morning used the truck to go to town and on the
way back she got stuck about 100m from our gate. She came in and not in a good
mood. The clutch is messing around as it hooks to the bottom and you need to use
your toes to get it working again. I really thought the mechanic fixed it but
not? So she was tuck in the mud and I had to go to rescue. She is in the truck
again tonight, so I will hear how it go this time.
Just a small hindrance, I am sure everyone experiences
once or some of us more than that. Well the Lord tells us to count it all joy.
O my can we have joy in situations like this? Well to get angry is of no use
and to laugh is better and get the job done. I am very fortunate that my dad
showed us how to fix things and with YouTube, I am a good mechanic, hahaha.
As you can see, we are doing very well. Enjoying Anton
at home and spent as much time with him as possible. Toinette is ever busy with
the kids in the village. Please pray for one of the staff, Marie as she is not
doing well. Her illness returns quite often and it baffles the doctors. It is
difficult for her as her family do not really care about her illness as they
only see it as money spent. My pastor friend shared the other day that he belongs
to a local medical fund that cost him $10 per year per person, but he did not
pay it and that made him getting a loan of $20 000 to pay for medical costs.
Now that makes me boil, but what can you do?? A small investment per month can
cover all these hidden costs but we do not think about things like that.
Not much news tonight but we love to share to you what
happens to us here in the Kingdom of Wonder.
Love
Rossouw-clan
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