Betty and I have been in Nkhoma Synod driving all over and installing wells. While we both enjoy hiking, here we’ve practically driven right up to most of the wells. Don’t get me wrong, it is still on rough dirt roads and tracks through fields, over bridges and through river beds that we get out to walk before we drive through (don’t want to get stuck). And we are tired when we get back to the hotel.
The gogos (grandparents) are here. The children are too (school break is now). The mamas are ready, sometimes singing and dancing. Dads are here.
On the first day, at our last well, the installation was almost done and we were about to start the dedication. This well is close to a riverbed and there was some water there. It was where the people had been getting their water: almost stagnant, open, easy for animals and all to get to. Wilfred, our field officer, asked everyone to sit as the installation supervisor pumped the first bit of water to clean off the well. A woman was there to get water. She’d been cleaning her bucket and she looked up and saw the water coming out for the first time, crystal clear. She froze with a look of absolute astonishment on her face. Those around were excited, laughter and ululations and she was just frozen. A miracle come to her.
We were told at many of the wells that they weren’t sure that we would come. Even after all the work they put in. That is hope for the future. It was in a new area for Marion Medical Mission so the trust hasn’t been built. Thanks is extended to God, to us for coming so far, to the team for the work of building and installing, and to those in the US who help to fun the wells and pray for them.
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