Moapa Valley Highlight

The highlight of the week was a tender mercy from the Lord letting us know he knows where we are and what we are doing.  We visited this family who were recently baptized and found their son wearing this sweatshirt with Moapa Valley on it.  We couldn't believe it!  Janet and I grew up in Moapa Valley, a very small community in Nevada.  What are the odds of finding that in Zambia?

 

After drilling two dry boreholes at Nchute school last week, everyone decided the best option would be to tie into a community borehole that is about 0.6 kms away.  To do this, they had to remove the hand pump and test for water flow and capacity (inserting the pump below).  The test was successful so we are now getting cost estimates for a solar powered pump, solar panels, water tank and stand, and piping to the school. 

Inserting pump into borehole.  Water was at 15 m but borehole was 50 m deep.  

All the women and children carry heavy things on their head here.  This young girl about the age of Brynlee and Olive made carrying these tomatoes look very easy.

So Grandpa tried it.  There were circular ridges on the bottom that absolutely cut into my head.  Ouch!!!  I couldn't believe she could carry it so effortlessly and painlessly.  The villagers got a good laugh!

Just purchased materials for this Nyabombwe school teachers house so stopped by and found they had made good progress already, with all the foundation and back-fill done.  They decided to divide the building into 4 sections with each of the 4 villages responsible for providing the building sand, dirt, crushed stone, and river sand for their section.  Good idea.