Monday morning, and it is off to work. Though the second morning to dawn without rain, there are still muddy patches, but is it so much drier than it was.
Scenery along the half hour ride (3.5 miles) to the school where they are erecting the One Day Church (Tanna nambawan).
On the job by 9:45 am. How it looks in the daylight.
The last truss is up before 1:00 PM.
Karl works in the school shop with teacher Ivan’s* very nicely maintained saw. By early afternoon, he produced a new ladder to help speed up the process of putting up purlins
...which Pastor Tomas immediately puts to use.
*Though names are sometimes a challenge for Karl, this one has been easy. We have a friend in AZ who is also an educator, shares the same body build, several mannerisms and speach patterns... also with the name Ivan (however, the AZ Ivan is very German).
3:00 pm comes and goes…no driver appears to pick up Tommy and Karl. I guess that means a trip to the volcano isn’t happening on this day. Oh, well. However, when the time gets close to the 4:30 end of work hour and no driver has arrived, Pastor Tommy keeps an eye on the road to spot any likely vehicle to take home the crew from Bethel area (the village where our lodging and Tommy’s home are located; top carpenter, Robert also comes from Bethel, see Tanna map in 14-May post). Finally, a truck comes by…and it is one of his parishioners, how great is that? They pile in quickly and are off, bouncing down the road.
No, the spots are not from Lawrence Welk’s bubble machine. Karl has been fighting the effects of moisture on his camera, in one form or another for weeks. He just hopes it stays functional to the end of the project.
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