{"id":6411,"date":"2014-08-16T20:04:45","date_gmt":"2014-08-17T01:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=6411"},"modified":"2024-01-18T19:28:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T01:28:24","slug":"getting-things-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2014\/getting-things-started.html","title":{"rendered":"Getting things started…"},"content":{"rendered":"We’re still trying to get an actual normal electrical line into the church building.<\/b>  It’s a long story.

So someone in the church has been generously loaning a gas generator to power everything (like, way too many things).

Tonight they were trying to get some power to the building, presumably in time for the music practice.  But the generator wouldn’t start.

\"Ismael<\/td><\/tr><\/table>I was there for prayer meeting, so I was called out to give the generator a “boost” from the van battery.  It started – but then wouldn’t start again.  So we hooked it up and boosted it again, and let it run awhile.

Then some of the men started to do some wiring and drilling inside, while we shouted prayer requests to one another over the racket. \ud83d\ude09

We were looking forward to having Emily play keyboard in the service tomorrow – but apparently some of the cables have disappeared, including the power cord for the keyboard itself.

So that’s a non-starter as well.

Lately it seems like it’s been hard to get anything at all started.<\/b>  As another example – Julian and Malu’s vehicle.  They were supposed to be here on Tuesday, but they had a breakdown en route<\/i>.  The mechanic is still waiting for the right part, which he now hopes to get on Monday… which means they might come on Tuesday… we hope!

Meanwhile there have been other unexpected projects that have drained our time, as we try to squeeze in some moments to get our visa paperwork done (renewals – Lord willing the last ones for 2.5 years!), prepare for the school year, plan upcoming ministry, and – well, you don’t want to hear all the details.

On the upside, we had a wonderful prayer meeting.  Great reminders that God can still work in spite of our stumbles, our weakness, our sickness, and our foolishness.

They’re still working on the electricity at the church.  I wonder if the generator started again after they turned it off?\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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