Marigat Well, Part 4

Here are two short videos of the joy we had in finding water in Marigat, Kenya. You can read about the water project in the last several blog entries. Enjoy!





God bless,

Update on the Marigat Well Project

Hello,

I made a quick trip today to Marigat to check on the progress of the water project. I am glad to report that we have a lot of water in this borehole.  It is enough to serve over 5000 people and lots of animals.

It is enough to serve over 5000 people and lots of animals.

We will be test pumping for the next 24 hours at the same rate.

Please pray for the gentlemen who are working on this. The next steps in the project are to write the report, and test the water to see if it is good for use by humans and animals.

Otherwise enjoy the pictures

Jonah

We Have Water

Hello,


We have located the water in Marigat, Kenya. I am so excited!

The engineer in charge, Bernard, informed me that we have enough water. More than we need. What a joy this is! For those who study water, Bernard talked of 10 cubic meters. Apparently when drilling water they often get 2 or 3 cubic meters. So we are truly blessed. Bernard is so excited. That is the excitement that comes with getting water for indeed water is life.


By Friday we will have test pumping for 24 hours just to check if the machines measured well. What an excitement this is.

The villagers here have done their part. We have had enough food for the hard working men. The chairman of the project has donated a big, big goat for them, and the chief will do so too. This was all done yesterday at the sight of water. Earlier I had bought some food too for the group just to get us started.


We look forward to the celebrations of 'officially' getting this gift of water from the donors, the Is There Not a Cause team from Trinidad. We are looking forward to that great day. Already gifts of goats and sheep have been given for that 'Big day' which we hope will be maybe October, November or December. Whenever it is, I look forward to it.

In the other pictures, you can see us trying to cross over the River Perkerra. The water was down and we thought we could go and purchase some food in Marigat town. For me it was a tough choice and I had to be courageous to cross this river.

Church in Marigat

Hello,


As you might have known, I am presently here in Marigat, Kenya, drilling a well for the community of Ilchamus.


Today is Sunday and we are not drilling so I went into Marigat town to rest a bit. In the morning I had a hard time locating where to worship.

First I found an Anglican Church.  It seems services hadn't started.  The other churches I found were the Catholic Church and the Full Gospel Church. Most of these churches had not started services as of 9 a.m.  I alerted my taxi man (motorbike taxi) to take me to another church  in town when I realized I had to wait longer for services to start.


I later found a good church to attend  in Marigat Town.  It is called the Africa Inland Church.  I loved the worship and the service in general.

In other news , I  have bought myself some crocs.  This will help me here a lot as it is very hot.  Sometimes it is close to 40 degrees celsius.  

I love this place though and the water that will come soon.  You can read more about the water project  here,  here and  here.

God bless,

The Gift of Water, Part 3

Hello,

Drilling is ongoing here in Marigat, Kenya.

Please continue to pray for favour in the eyes of God so that we can get this water.

In the pictures you can see that people and animals really need water here.

Ostriches foraging.

Traditional village huts.

Even goats need to eat and drink.

A woman carries home her water in big yellow buckets. This is a common sight here in Kenya.

A motorbike is a good mode of transportation here in Kenya especially in the hilly parts of the country where it is harder to ride a bicycle.

A  lunch of chapati and tea.

I've been here in Marigat for a few days now helping to oversee the water project. I can't wait for water to be located and the well to be completed so that the people of Marigat can at last be blessed by the gift of clean water. I will be here for a few days more to see that this water project is a success, Also pray for me as I had some little problem with my skin in the heat today though I seem to be okay now.

Marigat Well, Part 2

 Hello,

The drilling of the well has started in Marigat, Kenya and we are very happy.

Today we had visitors from Life Water who came to see the project.

As you can see in the pictures the villagers are very happy.

I look forward to a good completion of the project soon.

Otherwise have a great day!

Marigat Well

Hello,

These are the few pictures of well drilling that is ongoing here in Marigat, Kenya.

I will be sending more pictures when I get a better internet
connection that is able to upload more pictures at once.

Nonetheless it has been a great few days that we had here so far.

In the pictures you can see that we had to go through mud and our lorries could not pass. In the end it had to pulled by another lorry.

Altogether we will have 3 big lorries and 1 land rover for the work of digging the well.

Have a great day.