Thank you, Lord! We have been praying for a long time for a source
of clean and steady supply of water for Grace Family and for the community. God
has answered all the prayers, the water drilling happened the beginning of
March! We want to thank you for the many blessings. The well drilling extracts water
from aquifers, which are underground layers of earth, gravel, or porous stone
where ground water accumulates.
This job was bigger than we ever imagined! We had some ups
and down during the drilling process. The geologist surveyed that sufficient water
should be obtained around 328ft and a maximum of 541ft would need to be drilled
to find a good water source. Anyway, we are not God and the geologist made the
mistake of not surveying our land properly and according to procedure. We ended
up drilling 689ft to find sufficient water! This was very heartbreaking because
drilling is very costly and we had already used all our resources for the geologist
to survey the land and all the cost associated drilling. However, the drilling
company, Hydrotech, was a God sent company. They were willing to work with us,
they even said, “God sent us here. We are not leaving you with no water, we see
all your great work for the orphans, needy and the community. We will drill your
well until we find sufficient water and will work something concerning payment
plan later”. This was a huge blessing!
We owe the drilling company $3,000.
They have already finishing
the drilling and casing; they only need to perform test pumping within the next
few days. We would also need to buy a pump to stay down in the well and a water
storage (tank) after finishing test pumping. We won’t know the type of pump until
they complete the test pumping. We are thinking we still need to raise $6,500
for the entire water project to be completed! We are trusting God to provide,
we know it’s going to be a blessing to have clean and steady water supply for
Grace Family and for the community. We are going to create a water kiosk where
anyone in the community can come fetch clean water, right outside the fence of
our property. We are also thinking of sharing the water with our nearby dispensary
(medical clinic), depending on the amount of water to be pumped daily. We
should know this in the next few days after test pumping is complete. We just
want to thank everyone who has been praying and encouraging us through this
crazy progress. We can use any amount of donation to help complete this
wonderful, impactful project. Here is
the link to make donation of any amount https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=SWLBFC6XGDHA4.
