Well update

May 7, 2012

Over a year ago, we presented the idea of a well to the community for approval and permission. They wholeheartedly approved as water is a big necessity here. Then, we told people about the need and God raised over $20,000 for the project in just a few months. At the same time, we contacted another […]

Clean water is on its’ way!

March 6, 2012

God has provided 100% of our goal for drilling a well! Through many different people and churches in the last 6 months, we have received gifts that total over 20,000 USD! We have scheduled a hydrologist to travel into our village to make a scientific study of where we’ll drill, how far we need to […]

all I wanted was ice-cream and a hot shower…

March 30, 2011

I woke up early on my birthday so I could go running with a doctor who visits the village for a few days each month. We were just getting to know her, and I was excited to find a running partner. When I got back from running, we girls ate some yummy muffins Sarah made […]

God Answers Prayers!

December 16, 2010

Our last week in the village was pretty exciting! We held an eye clinic for the area and God answered our prayers! We were able to see 122 people in 3 days and probably 3/4 of them got glasses. We saw people from at least 8 of our surrounding communities! Several people were amazed at […]

Goal Achieved

May 25, 2010

Wow! I am still amazed that we are where we are. We have a roof on our house! The windows are in , the outside doors on. Our house is secure! After all the set-backs, we have arrived at the goal we’ve been pressing toward. Our house is ready to move in! All I can […]

Check, check, check

May 12, 2010

Windows – √ Doors – √ Floor – √ We got a call today from the village. The team has finished the floor! Woohoo! And, they installed all the barred windows and the outer doors. WOW! And, they even had time to stucco the kitchen. Thank you, Lord! The guy who made our cabinets is […]

Progress

January 27, 2010

The guys got back today from the village. They hauled over 30 pick-up loads of dirt to fill in our foundation! The building team took a break so that they could just shovel the dirt from the pickup right into the house. The team got started again when they’d finished the fill. We have 6 […]

New Reality

January 16, 2010

On Friday, the same pilots who took the picture below passed over our house-site again. They took this picture. The construction team had started to work again and had accomplished quite a bit in the week. As you can see, they’ve finished the foundation for the outside walls and have finished one of the inside […]

Back Home!

December 21, 2009

We made it back last night. It’s been a LONG two weeks. Check back soon. There will either be one big, long post about our trip or maybe several short ones! My sister comes in 1 hour to spend Christmas with me! Time to go pick her up!

Water?

October 26, 2009

We had the privilege of taking a hydrologist friend of one of my partners with us on our last trip. The men hiked all over the area investigating all the water sources within a mile radius of our village – springs, creeks, and seeps. He determined that we have plenty of water to supply all […]