Congratulations, to the ECM “water well team” for their hard work and diligence. There are now two new water wells in the villages for people to have fresh water.
A working water well
Back in the States it easy for me to take clean, fresh water for granted. Just turn on the faucet and it’s there, ready to drink. That is not the case here. First, if you are fortunate to have plumping and running water in your home, you still need to boil the water before drinking it and it doesn’t always come out of the faucet nice and clear. If you don’t have plumping, you have to take your Jerry cans and go to a well, then you lug the filled cans home.
The other day our house was without water for a few hours. I turned on the faucet and nothing came out. Oh no, now what do I do? I can’t bathe, I can’t wash clothes, can’t flush the toilet. I looked for a Jerry can but couldn’t find one in the house and even if I had and I found a well, how would I carry it home? Those things are heavy when filled with water. Fortunately, the water came back by evening but I think it was a warning to prepare for those times when there is no running water, which I’m told they will come.
So, if no running water in my house is such an inconvenience for me how would I ever survive if I couldn’t even count on a well? There are people who are still bathing, washing clothes and drinking from the same stream.
I’m sure the people in these villages are very grateful to this group of people who came from New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and some states in-between to make life a whole lot better for some folks here.
As important as these water wells are here, my prayer is that many will come to drink of the living water, this water, once they drink it they will never thirst again.
As Jesus said…But whosoever drinks the water that I shall give him shall never thirst, but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. John 4:14
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