The solar dryer works great. I would recommend one. This is where I hang my wet clothes. The tree house keeps most of the sun off the clothes, but the wind can still help them dry and lessen the wrinkles..
Tuesday was a cool pleasant day after the rain of the day before. I was able to get the keys for the house we moved out of and do laundry. I am thankful I just have to walk up the hill to the neighbors and not go to the river. 🙂 It is good exercise to walk to the other house to put the laundry in to wash, walk back when it is done and then hang the clothes on the line. The washers do a great job of washing and wringing out the clothes. They are all front loading and from my experience, they do a better job. Most of the settings on the machine take 90 minutes to 2 hours to complete. All that swishing helps get the clothes cleaner, too. The machines also have a timer so you can see how much time is left on the washing cycle.
Larry was able to download the program he needed for his drawings which has really been a blessing! It makes it so much easier, especially since he did not have proper drawing equipment to do it by hand.
Friday, James Burnett, from our offices in Johannesburg, located a company that can make the needed pieces. Larry has been busy today, Saturday, getting the specs ready to send to the company for them to look over. Larry spent a lot of time looking around Swaziland for a company that could do the job, but with no success. This company can make the holes with a laser cutter and do the bends in the aluminum and have the parts ready to use. What an answer to prayer!
Tuesday afternoon, Katja and I visited some local friends who are in poor halth. He has advanced cancer and she recently suffered a stroke and is wheel chair bound and cannot talk. She has use of one hand. This couple knows and love the Lord. They have been active in the community and church. When we lived in Swaziland, he ran one of the local meat markets. He was always busy. His wife has taught school for years and it is not unusual to run into someone who had her for a teacher in school. She also taught Sunday School, and one of her pupils was one of our sons, who, apparently, gave her a hard time and did things like hiding under the table. He was a deacon at the church. Those are just a few of the things I know of. Pray for this couple, their children and their families.
Thursday morning, Larry and I attended TWR staff meeting in town. After staff meeting Larry had some companies to visit about purchasing parts for the antenna upgrade. While he did that, I did some grocery shopping. While he was waiting for quotes to be calculated, we stopped by a shop so I could buy some gum boots for taking care of the chickens. The grass has been very wet with dew in the mornings and my shoes were always wet. Then, of course, there is always the fact that I have to walk in the chicken pens and that also made gum boots a good idea.
In the afternoon Larry went to Matsapa to check out some leads of places who might be able to make parts or have parts that are needed. That was before he found out about the place in Johannesburg.
Friday, I caught up on things around the house and Larry went to the transmitter site. It was a beautiful quiet day. I wrote 13 postcards.
Saturday, we ran into town early to pick up some chicken feed. I still had some, but it was the bottom of the bag and was mostly dust. Those little hens need to lay more than one egg a day!
Larry is working on the antenna upgrade drawings and I cooked for Sunday. Another pleasant day.
The front door of the house where we are staying
We have been so blessed with lovely weather, beautiful sun rises and sun sets. If you ever see photos of Africa with the red or golden-red sky, that is what it often looks like. Beautiful.
