So what do warts and a radiator have in common? Duct Tape! This past week we took Luke and Abigail to a doctor because we noticed they had warts on the bottom of their feet. The doctor recommended that she “cut” the warts off their feet. This did not appeal to us, especially since she said they would not be able to stand, walk, or run for five days. We talked about it, and prayed about it for a couple days, and did not have peace to go ahead with such drastic measures. Ginger went online and did a little researching. First she found several websites which said not to cut warts off, but rather to try some home remedies. Another website recommended using duct tape to cover the warts, like a bandaid, for several weeks until the warts came off. Well, we thought this might be worth trying so we purchased a roll of duct tape and were planning on trying this back in the village. Today, we loaded the vehicle and started our three-hour journey back to the village. Halfway home, or 69 kilometers later, we noticed the temperature of the engine was very high. Stephen immediately pulled off the road and we then noticed steam coming from the engine. Upon opening the hood, Stephen quickly realized the radiator hose had a crack in it.
Now that we found the problem, how do we fix this hose? There are no tow trucks on our island and the nearest vehicle repair shop was 67 kilometers away. Then we remembered the duct tape. Stephen cleaned off the hose and wrapped it with duct tape. There was an isolated house about 500 meters away. Stephen grabbed all our bottles in the vehicle and went down and asked if they had water. They were very helpful and within a few minutes the radiator was full again and we headed back down to Puerto (where the mechanic is). On our way back, Abigail said, “Thank God we had warts so we would have duct tape to fix the hose”!