Spent more time learning and interacting with the other people here at CWU. Spent most of the day in the class room learning about the importance of having a covenant (document) between the group putting in a water system, i.e. Idlewild and the group that will be operating the water system, i.e. the group in say Ghana.
Met a guy by the name of David from Kenya in the afternoon. We talked about Kenya and the wildlife there. I told him I had seen on 60 Minutes where the teeth of crocodiles glow in darkest water of the river - he confirmed that - so no swimming in the rivers with crocodiles for me.
Got a free t-shirt yesterday so another shirt to get mixed up with the boys shirts. So if anyone sees David or John with a Living Waters t-shirt - you'll know they are just beneficiaries of bad laundry sorting.
Last night we had a session where groups presented what they had learned so far, I have attached a picture from that session.
We also had our evening devotional - see picture.
Good group of people here at CWU - I told you about the guy from Kenya, a couple of guys are from Haiti, and then people from all over the US - LA, VA, NY, KS, CA, MS, AL, TN, OH, TX, NJ, and so on.
Most everyone here has a plan to put in a water system. Places they are scheduled to go are: Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Kenya, Haiti, & Cuba.
Not sure I shared the economics of a clean water system, but it costs about $2,800. It's constructed from materials & parts we (in the US) can readily find at Lowe's or a plumbing supply or swimming pool supply house.
It's pretty simple technology and costs almost nothing for the in-country operating partner to run - they just have to be committed to operating the system. I am sure that's not an easy commitment and I will find out more why next week in Ghana.
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