June 20

It's amazing just how long a short week can seem.

I call this a short week, because it was only a four-day week, due to the Queen's birthday. Somehow, though, it seemed very long and drawn out.

Most of my week was spent doing inspections on life jackets. So far (we're not done yet) we've unpacked, inspected, inflated, and the next day checked the pressure, on about 30-35 life jackets. Not a particularly difficult job, but very, very boring. I also worked on the Islander again a couple of days. I have now thought about four times that I was completely done working on it. I have to put a piece back on tomorrow, then I should, theoretically (again) be done with it.

I did learn a lot of things about how LeTourneau used to be, as the man I've been working with on inspecting life jackets is an LETU grad. Learning different pranks that were done and such has been fun.

The big event of my week was yesterday (Saturday) when I went to a mumu. For those of you who aren't familiar with mumus, some mumus have entire pigs cooked, but this one did not. To make a mumu, they dig a hole in the ground and build a fire, with rocks. The rocks get very, very hot, and they take out the coals, but leave the hot rocks. Several layers of banana leaves are laid on the rocks, then the food is laid in (we had pumpkin, carrots, potatoes, kowkow, and several other plants and grasses, sausages, and chicken). Then more banana leaves are put on top, and usually this is covered with dirt, although they used a tarp instead of dirt on ours. A few hours later, it is opened, the food is pulled out, and there's dinner. This was quite good, and an enjoyable way to spend my Saturday.

Next week I may have more to post, it all depends on how interesting the week is.

Thank you for your continued prayers.