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| Father Blue's Rectory in Dufort |
Prayer Partner of the Day: Leslie Toth
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| Meg drills concrete! |
After the beauty of yesterday, I awakened early again to catch the sunrise.
Dufort, the site of our second installation, is only 20 minutes away, so we thankfully did not leave until right after breakfast. This
install was a close replicate to yesterday’s; a board, two tanks, well pump and electrical. After
the first day, the team had gotten so used to working together, this installation went in even
smoother. In fact, I informed Bob as we arrived the girls would take over the inside assembly! Meg and Peggy did a wonderful job.
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| Submersible pump goes in! |
But wait! I have missed an important part of the morning's story! On the drive to St. Andrew’s, Bertone
took us on a back route and at one point it was so narrow the right side of the truck got so close
to a tree that Bob accidentally took off the right
rear view mirror. Bill was in the back seat, got out and picked up the pieces. Apparently, when he jumped out of the Kia, his iPhone jumped out of his pocket! Once we arrived on site, he discovered it was missing, and after much encouragement, he and Bertone set off in the Kia to see if they could find it. ...But in Haiti what are the chances of a) finding the spot and
b) it still being there with all the people around.
Bob offered up a quick prayer that God would
keep the phone from others eyes if that was where it was. Bill and Bertone took the truck and
backtracked. Praise God I got a text from Bill 30 min later...from HIS PHONE! WOW! They had found it right where we thought
it was.
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| Tank crew rocks! |
By then, the girls were in full swing on the board assembly, and by noon the boys had the pump dropped in well. With the board assembly nearly complete, I joined a couple of fellas on the second story and plumbed the tanks from the ceiling down to the board. Being the first time I had been part of the tank crew, I was stoked!
We went back to
the monastery for lunch and then in the afternoon finished the tanks, tested the electrical and
began pumping water. In July, during the rainy season, a test on this well had been made, and
within 30 minutes it had delivered almost 450 gallons of water and not stopped. Now, within 5 minutes we had no water. Through some trial and error we found we could pump for 5 min, rest 10 and
do it again. For the teams out there reading, this is how drastically the dry season can affect your water table! Once we had
enough water to test the system we did so, and Praise God, not one leak! This was clearly a
first. We dropped chlorine into the tank, ran it into the system to kill all bacteria and left it overnight.
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| Keegan Joseph! |
As everyone was cleaning up, I wandered over by the church and met the cutest little boy. While I gathered his last name was Joseph, it sounded as though Keegan was his first name. He was wearing the cutest Harry Potter PJ's you've ever seen, and we immediately became friends.
That night at dinner we celebrated Douyan’s 42nd birthday. Douyan is
one of the brothers whose duty is the kitchen, serving and food purchase. He is quiet,
unassuming and always there serving. He is a true man of God. We got the brothers to all sing
in English and had a great time together before finishing up our LEGO party from the night before.
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| LEGOS: Star Wars and The Hobbit Meet! |
