Excited



   I have to admit to you all that I have repeatedly tried posting updates on this blog and it just hasn't worked out at all, because it seems everything went so fast that what I wanted to send was long outdated by the time it would have gotten through to you.
   Nevertheless, here we are on the 7th of March and we Praise God for our first well here in Allegre.
   On a previous post I mentioned that we hit solid rock after only 3 feet of drilling and it was pretty well like that the whole way down. Some rods took over 2 hours and some took just over an hour, but everything went OK at all times, no breakdowns, except very slow progress.
   This time it was harder to tell if we have found water because of the solid rock and also because we were drilling with water and bentonite. Around the 190 foot mark we noticed pockets where the bit drilled through quite fast, that meant we were hitting spots between rock that weren't solid and had water, reason we know there was water is that Ivan was watching the rock come out of the hole and noticed tiny pieces of roots coming out, so there must be some kind of life down there. So we kept drilling to 220 feet this morning and then we started pulling out the rods, things went very well and by noon they had all the casing in.
   Next step was to fill the outside of the casing up with rock and as I write this they are lowering the pipe that will eventually bring up the water.
   What more can say, except to thank God for his blessings that he lets loose from heaven, because we pray. He knows whats best.
   Next step is to clean the rig of a bit, fold up everything and move it about half to three quarter mile up the mountain towards the church and school building, that is going to be a well for the community here, its all ready for the rig, we need to get some tanks set up there and haul water, it won't be as user friendly in the area of having everything at our finger tips. This well used more or less 2500 gallons of water.
   Thanks for praying for the project, may we humbly ask you to continue to do so.
   I will try my best to keep you all up to date on the progress as we continue drilling.



This is the last little bit of rod going down, close to 220 feet.

Here you can see the casing being put it.

Guys are hauling gravel to pour in around the well casing.