Moving Forward, Reaching Out
The Well Project took center stage on the blog over the last couple weeks. But, friends, there have been many other exciting things...
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Taylor Conley
- Apr 1, 2017
- 2 min
Drilling: Day 4
It didn’t take long on Day 4 to get the call: We’ve hit water! Judy, Ani, and I quickly piled into the car and rushed down to the Lemuel...
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Taylor Conley
- Apr 1, 2017
- 3 min
Drilling: Day 3
On Day 3, still at Site 1 (TW1-a), the drilling team began putting the 6″ casing down. They ran into some trouble while trying to put...
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Taylor Conley
- Mar 29, 2017
- 1 min
Drilling: Day 2
Day 2 began with blowing out the drilled, 360-ish-foot hole to clear it of debris and allow the water to come up for better testing....
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Taylor Conley
- Mar 29, 2017
- 2 min
Drilling: Day 1
Although originally slated for Monday afternoon, Day 1 actually turned out to be Tuesday. We began at Site 1, also known to us as TW-1a...
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Taylor Conley
- Mar 26, 2017
- 1 min
Praying for water: Drilling starts TOMORROW
Drill rigs are ready and waiting. Drilling team arrives tomorrow. DRILLING BEGINS TOMORROW AFTERNOON! This morning in church, we set...
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Taylor Conley
- Mar 24, 2017
- 1 min
Foto Friday: Almost Dry
The big water hole is dry…in fact, this picture was taken two weeks ago. BUT, the well drillers are slated to get started on Monday!!...
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Taylor Conley
- Mar 17, 2017
- 3 min
Guest blog: A first-time perspective
Enjoy this perspective from Rianna Neels (far right in the photo above), one of the members of the Mount Cheam group who recently visited...
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Taylor Conley
- Mar 17, 2017
- 1 min
Foto Friday: The Samuel’s Trees crew
Samuel, along with Bryon Sparling, took a moment to snap this shot with the guys at Samuel’s Trees about a week ago. Samuel, of course,...
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Taylor Conley
- Mar 11, 2017
- 2 min
Get Involved: the Fence, Tree-Planting, Garden Project!
This week we are hosting a team from Chilliwack, BC, Canada. They are the first group to take on one of our Fence, Tree-Planting, and...
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Taylor Conley
- Mar 3, 2017
- 2 min
Well Project: We got DATES!
Latest news: WE MET THE MATCH for our February matching donation fundraiser! We have signed the contract with the well drilling company,...
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Taylor Conley
- Feb 25, 2017
- 1 min
Well Project: Big News to Come!
These little boys are getting water out of “the big” water hole in our community. When water is scarce, people sometimes come here from...
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Taylor Conley
- Feb 16, 2017
- 1 min
And the Community Says…
This past Saturday, we held another community meeting to follow up on the Matthew recovery work that has been done. We wanted to share...
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Taylor Conley
- Feb 4, 2017
- 1 min
Two New Shade Houses!
Last weekend, a group of men from Global Compassion Ministries installed two donated shade houses for us on the Plateau! One is located...
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Taylor Conley
- Feb 2, 2017
- 1 min
Well Project: Matching Donation Fundraiser
If we can raise $12,500 US during the month of February for the well project, we have a donor willing to match it. That means we will...
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Taylor Conley
- Jan 21, 2017
- 2 min
Foto Friday: Bonfire with the Youth!
The night before the youth went back to school—some locally, some in the cities—we were able to have a rare, fun activity with them: a...
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Taylor Conley
- Jan 21, 2017
- 1 min
Matthew Recovery: Water Dispenser Rebuilt!
The new and improved water dispensing area for the old well at the Lemuel garden land is finished! Hurricane Matthew had completely...
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Taylor Conley
- Jan 6, 2017
- 1 min
Foto Friday: Making Bread While the Sun Shines
This bakery did have walls. Work is currently underway to restore the building, which was destroyed by flooding during Hurricane...
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Taylor Conley
- Dec 15, 2016
- 3 min
Meet the Development Staff
Introducing: this year’s development staff! As an entity, we often call the development department simply “DDL,” arising from its French...
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Taylor Conley
- Nov 4, 2016
- 1 min
Foto Friday: Canals
The men in the community continue to persevere repairing and re-digging out the canals destroyed by Hurricane Matthew and the ensuing...
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