I was able to finish the electrical in several areas that I was afraid would be too hard, but God enabled me and some of it turned out to actually be easy. I was shocked, not electrically, just in the awesomeness of being able to do it. Peggy continues to slave over a hot computer, and I do mean hot. The little corner of her world has 4 people, and that generates a lot of heat along with the computer. I was told that possibly we will be back in the water in 2 weeks, then the A/C will work.
They moved the large tanker that was next to us back to the water, so we lost some of our shade in the afternoon. It took 3 tractors to push it back down the dock into the lift that lowered them into the sea. I was told that we are the largest ship the dry dock can handle and it took 4 tractors to move us and they were straining hard.
Last night we had plans to leave the ship and walk to town, but I told Peggy "I can walk down the scaffolding, but there is no way I can walk back up, so unless you want to sleep on the dock, we better stay in tonight". It was a wise decision. We played canasta, (I beat the socks off her again) and then we watched some international ping pong on deck. So now, after a very restful evening, we will head out to explore an old city named 'Teror", I think. A large group of us are going by bus (gaugaus), which is pronounced "whawha" so it should be fun. Tomorrow we plan on attending "The International Church" which preaches in English and Spanish and is highly recommended.
I was able to go down and see the propellers and shafts being overhauled, and I have pictures attached. You cannot imagine the size of these things. One of the pictures shows Sara standing next to one of the 4 fins of the propeller and she is 5' tall. I show a picture of the bolts that hold the propeller on and you can judge the size by my hand. I was told, they have to heat the hub to something like 200 degrees Celsius in order to screw the bolts back in, then the hub cools off and locks the bolts in. Almost, if not all, of the work done on the propellers and shafts are done by hand.
Thanks for all the many, many prayers and encouraging words we are receiving. One of our devotions this week was "What is our purpose here" and it truly opens your eyes up to know why we are here doing what we are doing. Just as millions of servants serving God in all areas of ministry around the world, it is not about what we are "doing", but rather who we are serving in our "doing". So whatever God has called you to do, do it with all your might as to the Lord.!
Love to all
Ken and Peggy
ps. I was told that after 2-3 weeks, we should get used to the stairs..That is my #1 challenge right now.
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