You Might Be On The Island If...

You might be on the island if...

     We decided to have some fun with this blog entry. Life on the island is well...unique. We have come up with a list of some indicators that will let you know that you are on the island, just in case you were kidnapped, drugged, and shipped to the island with short term amnesia, being forced to work slave labor in an underground embroidery ring. Which if that were the case, you would not have internet and reading this blog would be an impossibility...unless you managed to escape and swim through the several miles of mutant fish invested waters to shore and despite your limited amnesia you remembered our blog and wanted to check it out first thing. Anyways here goes it.

You might be on the island if...

1. 
   
   Due to the dozens of lizards that live in your thatch roof, cleaning up lizard poo is part of your daily chores.
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. 
   
   Being clean is relative. As long as you aren't the smelliest person in close proximity, you are good to go.
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. 
   
   At any one time you can identify more than 4 types dung from your vantage point.
   
   
   
   
   
   
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   You have a yard full of barnyard animals, and yet you don't own any of them.
   
   
   
   
   
   
5. 
   
   You never sleep on your back with your mouth open. (See reason #1.)
   
   
   
   
   
   
6. 
   
   You actually are dirtier from returning from bathing then when you left.
   
   
   
   
   
   
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   You celebrate letting out all the stops and buying ramen noodles.
   
   
   
   
   
   
8. 
   
   The idea of camping seems like a luxury getaway.
   
   
   
   
   
   
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   You wash your dishes before and after you eat. (Once again, see reason #1.)
   
   
   
   
   
   
10. 
    
    You have discovered by necessity over 500 different ways to prepare ham, onions, and cheese on an underpowered 2 burner hotplate and have contemplated making a cookbook containing said recipes. (not only may you be on the island, you have a good chance of being closely related to Andrew)
    
    
    
    
    

We appreciate everyones' prayers and thoughts. God is doing many wonderful things on the island. We are fortunate to be a part of what he is doing. Cathy and I will be here till the second week of December. We will then head north to get ready for DMT (our upcoming missionary training). Part of me is so ready to be back to the land of showers and internet, but another part of me will always be with this work on the island and those who are serving here. Andrew and Lalo, our resident missionaries, serve faithfully in an extreme environment. It is a challenge physically, spiritually, and emotionally to serve here. God is faithful in providing for those who carry out His will on earth. I thank God for this island experience. Please remember us in your prayers and remember the island as well. The church has so far to go. Lift up those who are yoked to this ministry. We love you and will talk to you soon!