Wildlife in Zimbabwe

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Onward to Zimbabwe

I went from dedicating wells to visit Nkhoma again for a few days. It was hot and I got to relax and greet friends before leaving for Zimbabwe.

In Zimbabwe I got to visit with Ute and her family. It's and I were in Nkhoma together. She is an eye surgeon and we went on a great road trip in 2011/12 through Mozambique and Zimbabwe. She now has 2 kids and works outside of Harare.

There is a park nearby called Cleveland where I got to see wildlife on a Sunday morning walk (and drive).

These pics are from the second weekend when we went to a sanctuary called Wild is Life. They rehabilitate elephants, let us feed giraffe, protect a pangolin (prehistoric ant eater). Such fun!

Clean water

One of our last well installations was 300 feet from the lake. (I was very tempted to go for a swim to cool off.) Lake Malawi is known as the calendar lake, 365 miles long and 52 miles across. That is a lot of water. With the rising heat and lower amounts of rain the level of the lake is lower than I remember it. Our first hotel used to have its own private beach just outside of the dining room and now it has sand outside of the dining room and a field of grass and then the lake.

The village was so excited to get their well installed. Clean safe water to drink. Having the lake so close, where everyone washed (bodies, clothes, dishes), where animals live (hippos and crocs), where diseases can be contracted (belharzia). Now there is clean water! Such a gift!

Thanks to donors and volunteers. Thanks to Marion Medical Mission and their staff. Thanks to the water committee and the villagers. Life giving clean water. Unkhanku kwaku chiuta! Uchindami kwa chiuta! Ulemu kwa mulungu! Glory to God!

Wells

Teams 1 and 2 helped to install and dedicate 2,717 new wells in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia! 3,093 wells have been constructed this year and will be finished up by Team 3 (the African staff)!

What an amazing feat! Well construction started Sept 1 and Team 2 finished Oct 26. That is a very busy 8 weeks (and they aren't quite finished)!

To all the donors and volunteers (from a village): you people are a ray of hope. We are receiving gifts that we never imagined possible. May God continue to guide you and continue to help you that you may keep helping our neighbors and those who still have these water problems.

Want to help? www.mmmwater.org
~Wells still need to be funded. ($450 or any part thereof)
~become a volunteer! We'd love to have you join the team
~invite a speaker to come and share what if going on.