Pump it Up

Yay! The pump is now working. The company hired to fix the pump was able to do the work today and water is flowing to a rain-catching tank at this point. All the kids, workers and staff were very excited. The head mistress of the school said she even let the kids use extra water today in celebration. Next week, we will be running the plumbing from the school grounds to a water tower that will feed the plumbing for the school infrastructure. Doug got some excellent video of the pump being fixed that he hopes to share with the congregation.

Before it was fixed, several of the Crossroads team, led by Pastor Dave, took turns pushing the bike-water-mobile up the hill. Rhett carried two water holders up by himself. The kids were so happy when they found out they no longer had to lug water up the hill for washing and cooking anymore.

Others of us set off to throw more bricks. Sadly, I was kicked off the brick throwing line to prevent further injuries to myself and others -- actually, I think it was a mutual agreement since I somehow lost my brick throwing mojo and was wreaking havoc. I tried mortar-ing instead. In my defense, these bricks are not dainty US bricks. They are more like the size of a kleenex box.

After lunch, we had a three-hour meeting with the Uganda/East Africa school management team and Bishop Daniel. Dave made a casual comment at the end that American meetings are normally one hour :o)