By this point, we had spent so much time thinking about & preparing for Oenpelli that we knew we had to go. So one night we sat down as a team & prayed. We prayed for our accommodations & our travel plans. We prayed that God would wake someone up in the middle of the night with the burden on their heart to house us. No longer than 15 min after we finished Billy received a text saying our accommodations were taken care of. Not only that but it was a 2 bedroom apartment with a bathroom and air con. Needless to say, that was a much needed encouraging experience for our team & we couldn’t wait to get to Oenpelli.
The following morning we woke early & ready for our journey to Oenpelli. It is wet season in the Northern Territory & due to conditions the road to Oenpelli is deemed impassable. We were originally told that the town was only accessible via plane but Lindsey had a different idea. He wanted to take us to Oenpelli via the impassible road. The plan was as follows: If the water wasn’t too high, Lindsey would drive us in his Troopie thru the flooded roads. We would then arrive at the East Alligator River which we would cross by boat & would be met on the other side by our ministry contacts to take us thru the flooded roads all the way to Oenpelli.
