The highlight this week was the handover ceremony at the Mikango School borehole. Some of the office couples wanted to attend this so we went up a few days before to see how the road was that we usually travel. Because of the rains, it was terrible! So we bought some bags of dirt and poles and found some broken bricks, loaded up the truck and tried to repair the worst places. Even after the repair we almost got stuck in a few places even in 4 wheel drive. So we got permission to go thru the army barracks on a better road but they wouldn't let the other senior couples attend.
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| Big logs in a very muddy, slick ravine. |
The ceremony planned by the school was great! Opened with their national anthem and the Lords Prayer. Then entertainment by school kids. Speeches by the dignitaries then a little ribbon cutting ceremony at the well. Finally more entertainment then we handed out 350 muffins (and needed every one of them). They were so grateful for the water. We saw the hand of the Lord in this project. They had been without water for 10 years at this school and had tried 4 boreholes before unsuccessfully. The place where we were going to put the well originally became inaccessible to the drilling rig because of the rains so they had to site it closer to the school, where they successfully found water. God knew where that water was! A great blessing to this school and community.
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| Dignitaries from the school and water district and the Kupus our mission president. |
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| At the borehole they had some of the kids talk about the importance of water to their education and what they hoped to do after they finished school |
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| Grandpa got to do the first pumping of the well at the ceremony. |
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