We have not had a significant rain in many weeks now, and having exhausted the usual methods of replenishing the cisterns (a hose from the local water source, hiring water carriers, etc), the guys have had to "go big". Big, in this case meaning a tanker truck called "The Well-Driller's Helper"....a beast of a machine that was called out of retirement to service on the front lines, with tires that would make guardian angels sigh and roll up their sleeves. :)
So, they spent hours trying to make her road-worthy again, and off down the trail they went. Girard, a zone about 15 minutes away from us by UTV time, still has water, and after some negotiating and establishing a relationship with the keeper of the local cistern there, Brandon and Hans were able to start hauling.
When Julian came down for a visit, I got the privilege of riding along on one of the trips over the mountain in the rumbling beast.
Ready to fill at the cistern in Girard. The concrete structure here is the washing station...the cistern is up the hill a bit.
Connecting hoses, ready to pump.
Perspective shot. Cistern in the foreground, hoses stretched down to the truck at the bottom of the hill.
She's full! Time to wrap up the hoses and go home.
Please keep us in your prayers through this season. The guys estimated the truck to carry approximately 1,300 gallons per trip, and that is a nice amount of water, but a significant amount of weight to bring down the steep places in the trail, and there is a risk involved. Please pray with us for safety for the men as they continue to haul, and also that the Lord would send rain. Our neighbors are planting, and the seeds will produce nothing without moisture in the rocky soil....and we know that this is His concern even more than ours.
May you be blessed as you serve Him where you're planted.
--Jell :)
