Friday, July 13th
The Lord kept us safe and sound today-it was a good Friday
the 13th. Our preaching
station today was at Good Shepherd in Ishongororo. They have a church building they own so we
had concrete floors again today.
We have finally figured out the terminology for water
supplies here. What we would consider a
well in the US is called a borehole here. It is drilled 60-100 ft deep but not
finished like a drilled well. It does have a pump system. A well here is a pond which is fed from below
ground like an artisan well in the US however, the ponds may dry up in the dry
season. Cattle may use the pond
depending upon the location of the pond, size of the pond and the angle of the
sides. To supplement their water supply, some people have a cistern which
collects water from roofs during the rainy season or there may be a community
cistern. Everyone agrees a river is a
river here.
The team members teaching the adults have become proficient
at working with the #2 filters. We
discovered it can take up to 5 minutes before water begins to drip from the
filter and the cap for the filter needs to be attached to the chain which keeps
the syringe to backwash the filter from being lost. We also discovered the
filter runs faster if the hanger on the filter is put on the side of the
container at a slight angle rather than having the filter and hose just hang
straight down into the container catching the filtered water. When the filters are given to the person, they
practice removing the filter to backwash it and put the syringe into the
correct end of the filter to backwash it when it no longer runs efficiently. Today we gave out 13 filters.
Thank the Lord for all the families who will have clean
water to drink.
Thanks for your continued prayers for our safe travel, good
health and protection.
Please pray that the Spirit
continues to work among the people in these congregations.
Pray we continue to find joy in our adventures.
Pray the final day of teaching is as successful as our past
5 days.
Blessings,
TEAM 1821
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