A Kernal of gratefulness

It seemed a long way off the main road.  Our team of six Ugandans, and Edge Water pump repair insturctor and I had begun the morning by loading up tools, pipe and supplies for our days work early. Our destination was one of six wells with broken pumps targeted for repair by our water pump repair training efforts.  We traved about  forty minutes turned off the main road into a trail about 1km.  Finally we stopped in a village but we could see no pump.  We were directed to a path that traveled down the hill through elephant grass and past some open fields and finally to a pump near a stream at the foot of the hill.

It seemed like a safari as the team carried pipe, tools and needed supplies down the path toward the well site.  The well had not been in operation for months and the people had to get their water from the polluted stream.   People seemed to come from no where to watch six excited Ugandans as they removed the pump and repaired well.  Smiles came from every where when the good water began to flow from the pump again. 

The pastor of the small church said that 39 families with about 8-12 people each depended upon this well for their drinking water.  Many of them had gotten sick because they were forced to get their water from the stream and now the clean water was flowing again.  Part of their commitment was to give the team lunch.  The people build a small fire and roasted corn for us to chew on.  It wasn't much but the smiles of gratefulness from young and old, made it feel like a banquet. 

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