This morning we visited the local school by the village we have been working with and were welcomed by 300+ children screaming "Azungu" (white people) over and over again. We then played kickball, parachute, futbol and other activities with them. At the end of the morning we had a massive mob trying to get dum-dum's from us. I knew it would be crazy but this was a little over the top.
I picked up Chief Malika from the village to come see what we were doing. She was going to have me visit with the main chief who is over all 42 villages in the area but he was out working in one of the other villages. Tomorrow we will stop by again and I'll give him a Grove Export 10 shirt and spend time with him. We will have two futbol (soccer) games tomorrow, one in the village against the teenagers and one at the school.
Tomorrow the well company will also supposedly be showing up at the village to drill the well and fixing the broken one on the other side of the community. I was told that when they show up to dig the well the entire community gathers to watch and then 3 to 4 hours later water is shooting into the air like an oil drill. I can't wait! Hopefully, the diesel shortage won't prevent them from showing up. Last week, I knew that this was something that we were supposed to do but wasn't completely sure how we would pay for it. I really believed that we needed to take the first step of drilling the well and then trust that all of you would show up and help pay for this. I've been amazed by the emails of commitment and am really stoked to see this completed. Last year, I talked with Malika about this need and now because of almost a hundred of you we will be making this happen. There is still a need for donations, if you are interested please make checks out to Live Love http://www.whatislivelove.com
One of the students last night was bothered, he said, "we are helping this village, but what are we supposed to do about all of the other ones who are still suffering?" I told him after we put this one in, we might just have to put in another one and then another and another and another. I told him I was glad that he was bothered by what he had seen, now it was his job to go home to the States and make sure he didn't forget. When we forget or are oblivious to the world around us, "our world" becomes stale. He then asked if it ever felt hopeless to me. I didn't really understand the question and so he said that it just felt like changing the world was an impossible task. I told him that until the day we die we should do whatever we can to bring change and hope and love to all the world around us. If that means we do it one well at a time then we follow God's lead each step of the way.
Speak Love, Act Love, Live Love.
Change the World.
Paul
- Posted from the other side of the world
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