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Vessel Name: Sweet Dreams
Vessel Make/Model: Irwin 54
Hailing Port: Hayden Bay, Portland, Oregon, USA
Crew: Jim, Gina Colton, & Niki
About: We are a family on a mission. Working with Wycliffe Bible Translators, we will sail across the Pacific Ocean to Papua New Guinea where we will serve as Boating Operations Managers. Please join us as God unfolds this wonderful adventure before us!
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18 August 2015 | 8 05.87'S:157 00.63'E, Near GIzo

A Fish Story_Part 2

Now that you are hooked on this story, you need to know there is more. But first the answer to the popular question: Did you get the lure back?

16 August 2015 | 8 05.87'S:157 00.63'E, Near GIzo

A Fish Story

A huge rift in the family occurred last week. In other words it was real dissention.

A Fish Story_Part 2

18 August 2015 | 8 05.87'S:157 00.63'E, Near GIzo
Now that you are hooked on this story, you need to know there is more. But first the answer to the popular question: Did you get the lure back?

As you might have guessed, none of us came close to pulling the lure from the shark�'s mouth. Even though the captain has a foot long pair of needle-nose pliers in the tool box, none dared. After all, the thing was still very much alive and tail noosed. We decided to keep it along the side of the boat until arriving to the village. Why? In case that they did not want it, then we could set it free.

Interestingly, after dropping anchor we hollered to them on shore about this thing, the first question they yelled back through the dark was this: �"Is it still alive?�" Upon confirming that yes, it was still alive, a young man quickly paddled out from shore. After seeing the fish next to the canoe, curiosity overcame us all. How is this going to work out? We gave him the rope and then, as the thing tried to swim away, it was flung tail first into the canoe. How the canoe did not tip over is anyone�'s guess. I believe we heard a �"Tank yu too mas�" as he paddled off. Behind him, in our best tok pigeon, Colton called out we would like the lure back!

Well, when Eric showed up early the next morning, after greetings and talk of the feast, he handed Jim the �"lure�".....errrr....what was left of it. So much for saving it....it is mangled, chewed, and looking pretty darn ratty. See the picture? How did that shark hang on to such a small hook? It is no bigger than your average sized thumb.

Speaking of how. Did you ever wonder how things can seemingly work out so perfectly? There we were, passing near the same village that showed us both hospitality and safety, and then, voila, we were able to show some hospitality back, and then some.

There is more.

At the end of last week we found ourselves in a seemingly unrelated quandary. Sitting at anchor near Gizo, with a malfunctioning engine, we were soon to be out of propane. BIG trade winds are blanketing the region. Furthering the dilemma, our particular propane tank, like on an outdoor grill, fits perfectly into a cubby with its twin brother, TANK 2. This area of the Solomons has only a tank exchange program. Their tanks do not fit into the cubby. Besides, ours have the US safety standard connectors, required by the US Coast Guard.

The closest town with a filling station is up wind, nearly 30 miles away (in Noro), with reefs strewn around the southern passage and a narrowing bay directly into the wind from the northern approach. While we learned well enough how to cook over an open fire during village living training (last year in PNG), that simply would not work out very well here. Hmmmm?...

After Friday morning devotion and prayer time Gina and I sat there, talking around in circles about how to solve this issue. By now we should have cleared into Thursday Island, 800 miles west in the Torres Strait, where propane is access able. So here we sit with these �"issues�" and delays and BIG wind blowing in our faces. Talk of rigging a temporary solution was being tossed about. Talk of finding someone going to Noro came up. Yeah right...in this weather? The conversation trailed off.

An hour later Perfect showed up! It was Eric and friend in his motorized canoe. HEY! Morning Morning. He saw us anchored over behind a reef, close to Gizo town. His village is quite a distance NW and nowhere near in sight of our location, but he saw us sitting here. He came to say Hello. We asked him where he was headed with that boat load of stuff. �"To Noro for Market�" he replied. Well whatta ya know....isn�'t that just perfect?

How do all these seemly random little pieces to a big puzzle fit together so neatly? God is good all the time, and all the time God is good. Perfect!!
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