Training went well (pun intended). With welcomes from the 4 area coordinators letting us know that they have plenty of the 4,550 wells ready to install and are working on the rest. Letting us know that the people in the villages and churches have been praying for us and the donors and supporters as we have been praying for them. Letting us know that it is not taken for granted that God has called us to be here and that we listened.
Tom (founder) hit things to remember including that this organisation is run by Africans for Africans, they are the experts, that the driving is dangerous and we need to be careful, that what we are here to do is beyond what is possible-no one else does anything close to giving 450000 people access to clean water and that we wouldn't be able to do it without God.
We got our assignments. I'll be in Nkhoma Synod in Malawi with Francine and Suzanne. Working with Wilfred Kamanga.
We were trained in taking down the information in the android for each well so that it can be verified and found again. I received a new visor/crown and have been dubbed dancing queen by Francine and Francis (one of my partners and field officers from last year)
We got our trucks and an overview of 4wheel drive, ratchet straps, tire changing. Some went out for a drive...I went to take a nap.
The crew going to Tanzania took off after lunch to get started in their long drive. The rest of us got to take the evening and then head out the next day...
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