Answers to Prayer

Years ago I brought different friends to this place near Marigat, Kenya,  to see the need for water and a borehole. We prayed mightily for water to be made available.

It was in 2009 when I first wrote about this project.  Read and see about the early part of the story here. You can read more about the developments in the water project here too.  Now at last we can say that this water project is complete! Praise God. We thank the funders from Israel who finished this project and the Ministry of Energy for installing it.

The workers assemble.

Everything is being prepared for installation.

The pastor arrives to look at how everything is progressing.

The pastor tests out the water. This community has been waiting a long time.

Here I am getting my hands wet. What joy to finally have water for these people.

We stand amazed and grateful for this gift of God and the people in Israel.

Many people have been involved in this project from the very beginning. We want to thank those people for their financial and prayerful support.  The people of this dry place near Marigat, Kenya will be forever grateful.  Sometimes answers to pray take time. Don't lose hope if you are in that situation. God bless you.


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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,

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!

Cheers for Water!

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses,
let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us,
and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith;
who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame,
and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 12:1-2

Water is so essential to one's life that without it we cannot do much, either in our surroundings or even for our crops and animals. Marigat is an area that is dry, although there was a great change in vegetation this time when we visited. This time we saw some green vegetation and a more fertile soil.

This trip was a blessing to me and I felt really good, after going there for several years now, I was at last, able to take goods news. You can see how dusty the road is on the way to our destination of Marigat.

We pass the equatorial line that divides Kenya into two parts, north and south.

A word of prayer accompanies our mission here. As always prayer is so much needed and in this case we are praying that today we will find water potential in this dry land.

Did you know that Kenya has ostriches?

I don't understand it all but the car and many other things are needed to conduct the survey. I stand by.

Even a rooster comes to look at the work.

The drought in this land has been too much for many cattle and local wildlife.

I was happy to travel with a water geologist (this is the person who works on water) and conduct a survey on water availability in this very dry land.

After travelling most of the morning, we arrived and we were so much welcomed by the host pastor and community leaders. I was so happy to be with them and share the joy's of finding water at last.

After the hard time we had driving there and the long journey. What a joy we had! It is really a great joy to see hope of getting water after so many years of prayers.
Thanks so much for your prayers. The years of praying and hoping for a well has been an endurance race for us. It is not yet finished but we give praise to God for helping us this far!