WATER!!

We left at 5:30 a.m. to head to the Cape Coast area where our projects are.  After our tour at the Hospital we went with Clarence Baah Kofi, our Borehole Site Monitor, to see some boreholes.    They are suppose to finish drilling this week so we wanted to have a chance to see some of the action. 

We were at this Village for 1/2 hour or so while they drilled.  They were down 80+ meters when we arrived and hadn't hit water yet.  He said they would go another 5 mtrs. and then call it quits if they didn't hit water.  They would have started over again at a secondary spot.    We had a great time while wating.  The Villagers peeled oranges for us with their machete.  (They seemed surprised when Jim peeled it by hand and broke it into sections.)    We just love being in the Villages with them and they are so kind and hospitable to us.

We finally decided we needed to go and we had all piled into the vehicle when we heard that they had WATER!   We hurried back over and joined in with the Villagers to watch.   It really choked me up to see that water coming!   They drilled about 300 ft. and it was through solid rock for the majority of it. 

Being there to see them find water made our day!!!!!!     The Villagers are so grateful.  It is so great to be here and be part of this work.  It wouldn't be possible though without the donations of members to the Humanitarian fund of the Church. 

We are in the process of developing two more water projects in Ghana. Elder and Sister Panter are doing some in Nigeria (even though we aren't sure they will be able to travel there).  We have some excellent Site Monitors there to oversee things.   Panters will do one Ghana project and we will do the other.  We are on the lookout for more as well. 

The Church has come out with new guidelines for water projects and they are being received well.  It puts more responsibility on the Villages to take care of the wells.  They have to be able to meet some criteria that shows they will.   This next week Brett Bass, from Church headquarters will be here to do some training and help us develop our projects.  We are looking forward to having him here.