Water – beautiful water! The water was pumped at Ilturisho today to clean out the casing and test the volume and quality. It starts out rust colored as the pipe is rinsed out but came out crystal clear after a short time. Everyone celebrated!
Thank you to all who prayed with us yesterday! We began drilling at 9:30 on Wednesday morning. The process went smoothly with one minor breakdown. We hit water just after 10:30 at 55 M. It was awesome! Everyone jumped to their feet clapping and got as close to the borehole as possible. We all thanked […]
Things are progressing at Ilturisho, the site of MOM’s first water well in Kenya. Josh traveled to Nairobi for a few days early this week to meet with the drilling company. The contract was signed, down payment made and we are hoping to see the rig arrive next week! It will be such an awesome […]
Saturday we traveled to a spring called “Ripoi” that we identified on our last trip. It is about a 45 minute drive through the bush from camp. This area is also badly in need of water. The women walk a very long distance to the spring which also waters livestock and wildlife. The water […]
On Wednesday we had the company of James Origa, a Kenyan water engineer that has been involved with the planning of MOM’s water projects. James was the designer of the Elephant Springs project that we completed last year. He consulted on improving the river crossing, the challenging spot where the pipeline has to span the […]
