So how long has it been since I last sent out an email updating you about my life?

Far to long. I would give you my excuses about laptops dying, two previous versions vanishing, software losing, busyness of life here on Ship and the fact that all I need to do sit down and dedicate an afternoon to writing to my peeps back home.

Well here it is, Finally.

I have just checked and my last recorded update was in February (on my blog site - http://djcommotion.blogspot.com/ ) so I only have over 5 months to get you upto speed on.

So I start with the fact I am still alive, kicking and much more tanned than what I was 5 months ago. I am eating well (incase any of you mothers out there are worrying), but not eating to much – infact due to the climate here I am only eating 2 proper half meals a day, I am just not hungry here even though I am doing a much more physical job, so yeah I am gradually losing some pounds aswell.

My work situation is amazing. I frequently get chance to lead meetings for the entire crew and they are sick of me telling them that my job is the best job onboard ship!! I love my work. I get to drive off the dock in the morning, spend 2 hours driving in African traffic then some crazy offroad driving – if you are on Facebook check out some of my photo albums – then arrive in a village spend the whole day digging a well or completing a well with a Liberian community and then come home again. I love the feeling of completing a well (which takes around 5 weeks) and knowing as I leave the village that the Children, wives and men in the village now have easy access to clean and fresh drinking water, it’s beautiful.

So far we have completed 5 new wells and rehabilitated another 5 or 6, and performed some ‘minor fixes’ to 7 other pumps and wells. Which means there are around 17 communities affected by our work.

I am not sure if I have explained to you guys yet how I do what I do. Basically I have my own Landrover defender called Kate. We drive out to a village with my well Technician called Boikai. We have a chat with the community about their water needs and then see if we can help. Simple, easy but not always effective because when they see our white truck come, many people expect handouts from us, and when we explain we are here to help them and not to give to them some villages don’t want to fully co-operate and wait for everything to be given to them. The reason we help and not give is because of the common phrase ‘Give a man a fish….., or teach him to fish….’. We want to enable Liberia to change itself not to change it for them and then they be dependant on us – which is how it is at the moment.

Right there are far to many words in this update. Sorry.

Final words. Check out my Facebook or blog page for so great photos.

Please keep in touch and let me know of news from home.

And I’ll really try and update you guys more regularly.

Also if you’d prayerfully consider financially supporting my work out here, I could honestly really do with the help!

Sweet. Love you all. And miss you all loads to. I’ll be coming back to the UK at Christmas so I hope to some of you then.