A DAY IN THE VILLAGE – The Murati family gets safe water
So I thought I’d let you all in on how our day in the village was today. We’re helping a family of 5 get their well repaired, and today was the last day of the project.
Down this lane live the Murati family that from today on will have a safe water source.
1st part of the project, completed yesterday: a trench dug from the well to the house, where electric cord for the pump will be burried as well as a pipe leading the water into a plastic storage tank we've installed in their attic.
Mikayla and Daniel surveying the almost finished trench... =)
The next part of the project was getting the pump installed. A local plumber “master” as he’s called here put the pump together while Daniel and the rest of the team tried to pay as close attention as possible so they could learn the master’s tricks. =) The trench then got back filled, and we got a good nights sleep before we started tackling the rebar and the cement this morning.
The rebar needed to make a skirt around the well was layed down this morning. The purpose of the skirt is to hinder rain water from seeping into the well along with any kind of dirt it brings along from the surface. With a big cement skirt around the well we hinder new contamination of the water after we've got it shocked (with bleach) and the germs killed.
The local cement "master" at work on the cement skirt around the well.
The finished product! All we're waiting on now is for the lid we ordered to be delivered this afternoon. Then we'll shock the water with bleach and the family is good to go! Imagine safe water being pumped directly into their house for the very first time!
The Albanian housewives! =) They've started calling me Albanian because of the fact that I've already got 3 kids, and well, after having spent as much time as I have dealing with water related issues, or rather LACK of water issues the last week, I feel like I'm starting to relate. Regardless, sweet Mrs. Murati will forever more NOT have to go haul unsafe water out of her well for their daily day needs.
Sweet Mrs. Murati and her daugther made us a tasty lunch as a thank you today. YUM!
In the process of making lunch the Murati daugther let Emma Joy try her hand at baking with an old, outdoor wood stove.
What a feast!! Mikayla absolutely loved the Albanian dish we got served!
As always; thank you for following our journey and supporting us as we try to help one family at the time getting both a safe water source and the news of how to get the springs of living water the Bible talks about.
Love, the Hefleys
June 24th, 2011 at 2:11 pm
You and your crew inspire me! You are incredible. Traveling with three kids! Great to see pictures and read about your days in Kosovo.