Meet Theresa’s latest creation. This special-order “missionary” caterpillar puppet is going to one of the local pastors for their Vacation Bible School program
Let me bring you up to date on the well situation. We have not fallen off the face of the earth, nor have I forgotten to blog. It is just that we have had some setbacks since my Saturday post. At that point, on Friday, the drill was down the hole and could not be retrieved because one of the main gears on the drilling rig needed to be repaired. The guys removed the broken pieces and worked on having them repaired over the weekend, with hopes of starting again on Monday morning.
On Monday they reassembled the rig and by the late afternoon they were ready to begin drilling again. We decided that on the following morning (Tuesday) we would pump the well to see what the refill rate was. This way we would know if the 25 meter depth that they had reached was enough or if we needed to go deeper. At this point the water in the well sat at about 4 meters from ground level. However, it had had three days to fill the shaft.
On Tuesday morning they removed the water from the well shaft, and although there was a
There has to be some perks to living in a tropical climate besides not shoveling snow in January. How about mangos?
small amount refilling it, it was also obvious that it was not sufficient for our needs. It would probably have served for one single household with judicious use of water, but this is not what we need, and certainly not what we are believing and praying for. So we decided to continue going deeper – up to 30 meters – and see what we could find.
No sooner had they started the rig than one of the main cables snapped, dropping the bit to the bottom of the shaft. So this ended Tuesday’s drilling.
Wednesday was a washout – literally. There was an extremely heavy downpour during the night on our already waterlogged area of the state. Due to the flooding of the bridge into the access road to the property the crew could not get to the work site.
Today, Thursday, they arrived in the morning and retrieved the bit from the well shaft and repaired the cable. In the afternoon they fired up the rig again and ended the day at the 29 meter (95 feet) mark.
Tomorrow they will continue the last meter and check the refill rate again.
Jumbo mama – this is a mango with an attitude. One fruit goes a long way at this size!
Please pray for the miracle that we so desperately need.
The missionary team for Matamoros and Texas left early on Tuesday morning in order to arrive back at San Antonio, Texas by that evening. It was a blessing to have them here, and I believe that God has knit our hearts and vision together. We will see what he does next.
It is now the windup crunch time for Theresa and me as we try to get everything finished before we leave for points north on the 19th. We will be gone for about six weeks, and there is always a lot of arranging that needs to be done before one leaves.
So, that is basically what is going on here in rainy Cd. Valles. It is very busy, but God is also with us and we are blessed.
Steven and Theresa
