Withdrawing water from the shaft with a “drop bucket” to check the inflow amount
Just a quick update, and an urgent request for prayer for the well situation at the Casa del Obrero site:
In Matthew 7 Jesus says that if we keep on asking we will receive what we ask for. He then adds “For everyone who asks, receives”.
Today we need a miracle of water. I have just returned from the farm where we did a second refill test on the well. We now sit at a depth of 30 meters (98 feet). When we began the shaft was full of water up to about four meters below the surface level – a good sign. However, the refill rate is just a trickle and would take several hours to fill the shaft again. Not enough for much more at this point than to supply an above-ground reservoir. This is certainly better than nothing, but not what we need, and not what we are praying for.
Prayer warriors arise – PRAY!
Pray for the miracle that we need. Pray that the drill bit will punch into a sure, abundant,
The inflow is still inadequate for our needs. We made the decision to go deeper – to 35 meters
and never ending subterranean river today. We are running out of funds, and every decision that I make concerning continuing or quitting the quest rests on two extremes – on one hand, God’s finances over which I must make wise decisions as his steward. On the other side, now that we have invested the money for 30 meters and not found adequate water, when is it wise to stop and accept enough as enough? If we do have to call “uncle” is there water just below where we stop? When is the “point of no return” on the depth?
Just to refresh our memory so that we can pray more intelligently: the water is absolutely necessary on the Missionary Training Center. God miraculously provided money to begin the drilling through or friends Kevin and Jackie. The drill rig was sitting about a kilometer down the road from us, and ready to begin when we had the money to do so. The well was placed at a spot where a prophetic word of blessing and future hope was spoken over the ministry. I felt that this was where God wanted us to place the well in faith in his spoken Word. The well is not for my selfish benefit, but rather to be a blessing for the ongoing ministry of the Missionary Training Center so that the farm can become self financing and abundant, and also as a point of flowing out into the surrounding communities [Isaiah 44:3(a): “I will pour out water to quench your thirst and to irrigate your parched fields” (NLT)].
So, in light of all of this pray, pray, pray! We need a breakthrough today!
My next blog will be a praise report of the abundance of blessing as flowing water fills the well shaft.
With bated breath and anticipation…
Steven
