FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS WE AND THE COMMUNITY HAVE NOT HAD WATER AT THE MISSION. THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR WATER EVERYWHERE! THE STREAMS HAVE ALMOST DRIED UP AND THE LITTLE WATER IN THEM IS EXTREMELY POLLUTED. WE HAVE BEEN BUYING WATER FOR 1.50 A BARREL. THIS IS ALMOST 1/2 DAY WAGES FOR SOME PEOPLE. WE HAVE LOTS OF GUTTER BUT NO RAIN!
BUT
THANKS TO 2 CHURCHES, THE CAMPTON CHURCH IN NH AND THE POWASSAN WESLEYAN CHURCH IN CANADA AS WELL AS A PRIVATE DONOR IN LOUISIANA - WE HAVE GOTTEN THE GUTTER ON ALL THE BUILDINGS AND HAVE OVER 20,000 GALLONS OF WATER STORAGE FOR THE MISSION ANT THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA.
ALL WE NEEDED WAS RAIN !!!!
AND
THE RAIN CAME THANKS TO PRAYER
ON 12-21-2009 IT RAINED, AND RAINED, AND RAINED ALL NIGHT AND ALL DAY. EVERYTHING FILLED UP AND WATER FLOWED OVER EVERYWHERE. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT HELPED WITH THIS PROJECT. ALL WE NEED IS RAIN FROM TIME TO TIME AND OF COURSE, WITH THE HELP OF THE LORD WE WILL.
THE TOP OF THE PUMP CASING WAS POURED INTO CONCRETE TO PREVENT SOMEONE FROM STEALING THE PUMP. IT WILL BE HARD TO REPAIR IF NECESSARY BUT LOSING THE PUMP TO A THIEF IS MORE DIFFICULT.
REMOVING WATER FROM THE 2 1000 GALLON PLASTIC TANKS FOR WASHING CLOTHES IN THE LOWER FIELD. PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY GET WATER FROM THESE 2 WATER TANKS FOR HOMES. MANY TIMES PEOPLE FROM THE AREA WILL BATH OUTSIDE IN THIS FIELD WITH THIS WATER BECAUSE THERE IS NO WATER IN THEIR HOMES.