Big trench

It may be hard to see the details, but this is the trench for the water line. The clearing for the new road to the high school was extremely key for us in many ways. As you can see it made it possible to extend the main pipe and get water to the site. Although it is still pretty far, over 200 meters, and it is quite costly, it is truly a blessing. I am happy to say, if all goes well, we should have running water at the site next week. Another great thing was today the men from Senelec, the electric company, came and started putting up poles to extend electricity down the new road! This is so awesome, and timely, we will be able to get a line for electricity very soon and quite inexpensively. I am continually amazed at how things are just coming together. When I arrived in October, it was a remote and isolated piece of land. I had no idea when or how utilities would get to us. I was prepared that these things may not even be possible for now. How cool. There has not been much work on the building lately though. We have been waiting for a delivery of steel reinforcing bars. Not much can happen until we get them. The next step will be to make a grid work of reinforcing for the roof slab. Hopefully the timing should be just right getting the water too, because we will need lots of it to mix all the concrete. As far as other stuff goes...I was sick, really for the first time since I have been here. I think I ate something unclean! Perhaps some nasty bacteria? I made frequent trips to the bathroom and rested for two days. It cleared up pretty good, I feel much better. Please continue to pray for my health. On Sunday morning I was asked to preach at church, Joe had to go to a funeral. I was still unsure if I was stable in the bowels to hold out through the service. I was picturing a gurgling eruption while preaching! Well...there were no problems. God healed me up, and gave me a cool message too. His presence was there powerfully and He touched many people. The Holy Spirit touched one woman, noticeably as she fell to the ground and wept. God is very cool! I was also prompted to pray for all the sick people. Evangelism was really fun too. I went with Gerard again, and he has some friends that had some questions. Their questions led us right into an explanation of the gospel, and they both wanted to begin a personal relationship with Jesus. They also asked for prayer to be filled with the Holy Spirit, and as we put our hand on them and prayed God touched them and they described a heat sensation, and connection with His Spirit. Gerard is so excited about evangelism now; he said it has rekindled a passion deep within him. I am enjoying this adventure with God.