"THERE'S GOLD IN THEM THAR HILLS!!!" (April 17, 2016 update)

To the Africans, it is "blue gold," called water. As I said, the draught had kept their seeds from germinating, therefore, no crops. Luckily, there are two Afrikans brothers, Leon and Jaco, who drill bore holes around the whole region here. We got quotes for our 3 Family Garden and Tshikuyu Primary School. There are 75 children in the school, without water. The quotes were exceptionally reasonable so HHTH had the well started at the 3 Family Garden, and the very next day they started drilling.

We were all holding our breath.

The diggers take a sample to see how close they are to water. We watched all day long, praying they had surveyed the best location.

The land is not right next to a river, but close. Nelson, one of our gardeners said, "there is water here," with such conviction that I felt deep in my heart he knew. The little piles grew in number. We had hoped close to 30 meters would yield water, because it cost more with each meter.  Finally, at 43 meters there was a slight dampness. Then at 60 meters Jaco told us they would go to 84 meters to assure it wasn't shallow and the gardeners would have a reserve to draw upon.

Left to right, Titos, Nelson, and Frank were in awe. Their very own source of water!!! They could not believe they would no longer have to depend on the weather to grow their crops. Their hopes were pounding out of their chests.

Then it came!!!  Blessed, wet, and pure water. They had struck between two fissures which would feed their reserve.  Our prayers were answered.

Nelson, Frank, Titos and their wives can "see" their garden. They can "see" their children eating healthy food. They can "see" a lush garden with enough left after their family's needs to sell to villagers and a larger market, therefore, bringing more income into the village. They foresee in the future, creating a few jobs as they increase their yield. They have overcome so much... And there are many more challenges to meet like getting the JoJo tank platform built, the field plowed, then the planting. They are exhilarated to face these wonderful opportunities...  Proverbs reminds us that, "without vision, people perish."  These 3 families are people of vision.

Until next time, from "The Bush."