Thursday, March 18, 2010

The last three days in Grimari to bring water to a village

From Wed Mar 17~
It is late Wed. night and we have just returned from our trip up country.  I wanted everyone to know that we made it back ok.  I thought I would give you a brief summary and then hopefully tomorrow I will be more alert and will give more details of our last three days.

Monday morning we left for Grimari.  Grimari is about a 5 to 6hr. drive from Bangui.  We arrived in Grimari and settled in at our lodging which was at the beautiful Catholic compound.  The compound consisted of gardens, chapel, school, and retreat center.  We stayed in some guest rooms which were pretty uncomfortable to say the least, more on that tomorrow.  After check in we had dinner at a local restaurant and then we went to bed.

The next morning we toured the future property of ICDI.  The property used to be owned and operated by a cotton processing company.  There are at least 100acres with large buildings and expansive fields.  We then met with the local governor and mayor of this area and talked to them about how ICDI coming to their town would have a huge impact.

The drill rig then arrived and we spent the next day and a half drilling a new well with the new Faithful and True drilling rig.  After we hit water on Wed. afternoon we headed back to Bangui and after a long drive here we are.

I am sorry this is so short but my brain is not very creative right now to tell good stories.  I promise to fill in some of the gaps tomorrow.

Thanks for your prayers, we really needed them.

Tim Harley

For a quick recap visit Wooster Grace News.

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