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I'm sitting here at my desk. I was intending to do a little bit of work on my to-do list from the school board meeting yesterday. That's not happening. I've been busy working on a computer (actually two) for Tukup. Tukup is really Dwain Holmes, a GMU missionary who works in Makuma. Well, he's sometimes in Makuma. He has a house there, but he's often out walking the jungle trails visiting other villages. He works with the local church leaders in the Shuar and Achuar tribes. Anyway, back to his computers. They've been a source of much frustration, for both Bruce and me. But today we're gaining ground, little by little.

The hangar was full this morning, with six planes packed inside. That's getting harder to do, now that Rick Watkins, the visiting mechanic, has finished putting Flint wing tip tanks on two of the planes. That brings the total to three planes that have wing tip tanks. Each tip tank can hold 15 gallons of fuel. The plane from Quito will probably only be here a day or so more. They only found one bad cylinder, and are overhauling right now.