The well has been dug!!

I want to thank the Lord first and those that gave through White Sands Baptist Church for the $2200 that paid for the well, pressure tank, motor, UV light water filter and etc.  We weren’t able to completely bring in the well as some complications arose with the actual finishing of it due to the depth of the well.  In order to assure that we had adequate water pressure entering into our “artesian” well we had to take some extra measures that required more time.  I really wanted to be able to finish the well for Bro. Charles and his church back home so that they could return home with that “job accomplished” feeling.  We greatly appreciate their sacrifice for coming and that of those who gave for this project.  We will be finishing it ourselves as soon as we possibly can when we get back to Jáltipan.

Plans to dig a well

A group from my home area in Mississippi will be here the 14-21 of this month to do some work with us.  We decided about two weeks ago to dig a well ourselves.  The holding capacity that I added last year just isn’t enough for our family, church, garden, and critters.  From the time that we first mentioned this to the group and how much it would take to put in the well it wasn’t very long at all until God had raised the $2200 needed for everything to do with the well.  God is good!  We are also hoping to put in a drop ceiling in the building that we use for our services.  When we stepped out on faith almost two years ago to remodel and extent this building God moved in a big way and brought in all of the needed funds.  We will be using it like a multipurpose building (minus the basketball court) and we’ll have church services, English classes for two groups of thirty people each, and the classes for the Bible Institute.  The last two weeks have been in the 100’s in the shade.  The roof is a laminated asbestos and it gets really hot, like and oven inside especially when you have lots of people.  The drop roof estimate for materials is around $1300-$1400.  This is an area 7x15 meters plus the bathroom.  It is very easy to put up and we can do it easily while the group is here if we have the funds.  If anyone would be interested please give me a call on my Vonage phone 601-724-5155 and it will reach me here in Mexico.