We slept well at Tobias’ house in Ongoro, and by 7, the drillers were back at work, preforming another flush and then setting up for the flow test. To measure the depth of the water, they use an electronic water depth gauge, basically a water sensor on a very long cable. Unfortunately the one they had was faulty. They had a spare, but it was also acting up, so I got out my tools and got to work. I found a broken wire on the lead, and repaired that, and after a bit more tinkering I got it to work. The spare was taken into town and another fundi was able to repair that one as well, so they were not delayed too badly. They finally got water flowing around 12:30, so finally we were able to take some pictures and leave.
The drive to Homa Bay took about 1.5 hours. This is Stephen’s home church, and was the first church started by Alfayo Bodi back in the day. They have a new feeding station here with a new dining hall / church building that we helped with. They are feeding 45 kids here. They sang for us and thanked us a lot. One girl got up to give her testimony, but when she started talking about her parents she fell apart. It was tough to watch. Although all of the orphans we see have lost parents, usually they are quite stoic, even happy. Her pain affected us all.
We ate a quick lunch at a church member’s house, before heading out for Kisii. We stopped to see another soapstone seller called Amos, and bought a few items that we will have at Kick for Kenya.
Tomorrow, Chebaraa.
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