Voting Over!

So the end of the week-end has come, the voting is over, and the counting has begun.
It's been amazingly peaceful, and we hope it stays that way.

After a week of political party campaigning and the streets being full of literally thousands of people at a time, I decided to move in with the MercyShips house over the weekend - safety in numbers - and I just like being a 'stow away' with them. It's been nice to just be around good friends to enjoy a few giggles over food, games, and movies. We had to stay on the compound for security while the voters were doing their thing - but we has a sneaky look over the wall by climbing up onto the generator roof overlooking the local polling station.

It was noisy! The constant babble of voices could be heard from 7am onwards for the rest of the day. Sometimes it rose, sometimes it quietened, but all in all an on-going friendly atmosphere was the order for the day. I can't help but know that God's sovereign hand had something to do with the amazing calmness that was about.

So now we wait as the results get gathered from all over the country. It's amazing to think that in order to reach the most remote places here, the ballots travel by canoe, motorbike, 4x4's; quite a feat really to try to get to everyone. Once a voter had voted they got their fingertip dyed to show they could not vote again. me being me asked what if they had no hands (it's a reality here unfortunately), in that case apparently a relative or son went with them and had their finger dyed instead.

we hope to know the future government of SL in the next 12 days. We hope for wise leaders who will make sustainable change for the good.

Keep praying for us as the results are announced - that all will accept the answer, and not cause trouble.