Water & Washing

“So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything,

but only God,

who makes things grow.’
1 Corinthians 3:7

The need for clean drinking water reminds us all of the blessing that God gives us of Himself as He causes us to thirst for Him in Spirit. Daily our need for His fresh spiritual water, and daily our need to renew our supply of filtered water.

John keeps us well supplied by filtering water daily which is used for drinking and cooking. I am very cautious, yet sometimes out of habit find myself walking over to the sink with a glass in my hand!! Did it one day! (Small tummy ache) Luckily the water here is good, I think only the westerners are not drinking from the tap, the University is supplied with “city water”. The area is a bit like Florida with an aquifer beneath, also an underground river runs just behind the hill to the northeast. But the surface is dry.

The plantings are typically built up and a trench established. This is a view from our back door, the hedge is started as outlined by the trench. We are hoping to gravel the immediate area inside and over to the clothesline. All washing and drying done outside- lots of trips in and out, LOTS of dirt in! We hope to get this done before the rains ends and it really gets dry! I have not experienced that yet, but from the looks of the closets,…I have a lot to learn!

View from the kitchen window, glimpse of the garden in front, towards the main road outside the campus. The black lines outside the window to the left are the supports for the water tank at aour house, mounted above the eave line. This tank is our reserve tank, the City of Dodoma still turns the water off to this area most every night. So we limit the water use after 5:00. Currently we have the water turned off to the guest bathroom, a leaking toilet tank valve drained the reserve tank!! We are in week 3 or so of trying to get it fixed, several attempts have failed. Spare parts are difficult, the tank "insides" may not be able to be repaired from lack of parts and may result in the entire replacement of the the toliet. When parts are gone, they are gone! Frequently I am told in shops, "finished" meaning no more!

“What on earth is this?”!! I am sure that is going through the mind and “What is she doing now?”

Well- Mentioned earlier was the fact that we have retrieved some furnishings out of “damaged” storage. Three "chest of drawers” are part of that, all needing a bit of work. (One appears to have been home to a rodent family, complete with arched side entry!) After several cleanings with disinfectant and leaving the drawers open, a bit more encouragement was needed before our clothing could be stored. SO,…..I smashed up a bar of soap I thought smelled good, made pockets out of a small note pad and taped them shut,.. Voila sachets! Could not resist a photo of the afternoon’s work!