Wednesday, March 26

Today was a definite improvement over the last couple of days. The main road was reopened today and so traffic began to flow more normally. The Water for Good staff was able to drive into town and meet with Jim here at the Mission. I ventured out to the Water for Good office compound with Gerard. The road was lined with military vehicles mostly French along with some MISCA forces to keep traffic flowing. The gas stations had long lines of cars waiting to get gas. I was able to get my hands dirty a little bit and finish up a couple things at the office. Our plan was to drive the backhoe and tractor from the office- PK 11 to the farm at PK 22. It had been raining hard most of the morning but the rain was starting to end. Just as we were almost ready to go we heard some gunfire in the distance. It seemed a good distance away but we decided to be safe and head back to the guesthouse. Fabian said In broken English " try again tomorrow". So hopefully things will be good tomorrow so we can continue our work. Safety is most important so we will see. Thanks for your continued prayers for us. See pictures from today in previous 2 posts.

Tim