Our Last Day in Iringa

Today we started out heading for the farm to finish up a gate area in the fence and watch the drilling of the well. Upon our arrival we found the well drilling truck stuck trying to get into the farm. By noon it was out of the "ditch" and setting up on at the place chosen by the water assessment survey. It appeared that the drilling would go quick but it quickly bogged down when the well drilling supervisor did not show up until around 2 PM. As you can imagine we tried to find ways to occupy ourselves. Jon took a bike ride that was "sweet" according to him. The less than five foot tall and 140 lb man seemed anxious with Jon riding his bicycle. Becky took one of the Kidete members on a stroll around the farm. The stump removal team arrived donkey cart and two extra donkeys. I think that they were donkeys in training. They sure can eat grass. Petting donkeys and telling donkey related stories entertained for a while. With lunch time we headed back to Iringa.

Entertainment continued to be the adventure of the day. All week we were blessed by the ministry of service from Mboka, Halima, Agnes, and Hteresia. Bether arrived from college yesterday and joined in ministry of service team. Jon and Greg must have taken a hundred pictures of them as they posed and laughed. This was a great time. Finally, just before we headed back to the farm. You see how far we had progressed with me taking a picture of Jon and Greg taking close up pictures of flowers and a bee.
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We arrived back at the farm to find that they had drilled almost 10 feet. Due to the type of soil they had to change drill bits now and so tomorrow the drilling would resume. We left confident that they knew what they were doing. Even if we were not confident in their finishing tomorrow. Thank you for your prayers. The chairman of the village came by and was concerned. We put up a wire fence and the well is far from the road. Would the villagers be able to access water. We took the opportunity to share with him the vision for clean drinking water for the village. He was excited. Pray as the design for providing the water is developed once we know the amount of water available and have an analysis of it.

We finished the day worshipping with the children. This is always a very special time that is both sad and joyful. Greg led the devotion and did a great job. Each team member led a devotion for the evening worship with the children. We prayed together and said, "Kwaheri"

After our last supper prepared by the master chef of international cuisine, Jonah Jailo or as we affectionately call him JJ#1, Mpeli and Neema presented the team with parting gifts. We finished our day with prayer together. This has been a great team.

Thank you for your prayers, support, and encouragement. Written everyday but truly meant everyday. God was glorified, honored, and praised through the faithfulness of the team when we were six through now our four.

Tomorrow we travel to Dar by Nissan Patrol. Jon, Greg, and Becky will fly from Dar Es Salaam to Nairobi, Nairobi to Amsterdam, Amsterdam to Detroit, and Detroit to Greenville arriving Friday afternoon. I, Floyd, will stay in Kenya for a few days to visit and meet with our brother in Christ, Bernard Kabaru Mwangi, His family, and the Koinonia family.

I will try to continue the blog. Sometimes connections in Kenya do not go as well. Hopefully the blog will go well.