Our city water supply has been pretty low over the past
month. The kitchen, guest house, and kids’ houses haven’t had running water in
all that time. We do have 4 large 3000 liter containers on the property that
also fill with city water. We’ve been scraping the bottom of those containers
for a while now. It’s wonderful how God always provides for our needs. We had
one day where we had no water in our backup containers. That night, we got a
wonderful heavy rain, just in time to meet our need!
Well, we think we finally managed to get to the root of the
water problem, literally. Ferdinand, our manager, took some of the boys to
investigate the water pipes that bring in the city water. Apparently, there are
some tree roots that have pushed through and broken parts of the pipe.
Yesterday, to our delight, Karen and I noticed that the city water was flowing
and that our four tanks had filled up over half-way! We’re hopeful that the
water remains consistent over the next month as we have a team coming from the
States to help us while the children are home on break.
Speaking of the team, we have much preparation to do in the
next week and a half. They’ll be arriving next Saturday. We’re hopeful that
they will be able to learn some language and culture to make their time here
more profitable. They will also be working with the children, keeping them busy
while they’re home from school. Please pray this would be a good experience for
all involved and that God would give us all the strength and energy we need to
keep up with the kids!
