"Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thour makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof."
I know this verse deals with the Lord sending rain upon the earth, but I just want to write a quick post on how thankful I am for water! Sometimes in our lives we take the simple things for granted.
Here in the Dominican Republic water is a special commodity. Even in the cities Bani, Azua, and Barahona the water at times can be scarce. The government has control over the water and can shut it down whenever they like. There was a time when the Truels first arrived here in October, that the water was off for 14 days. They were repairing a water line and shut the water off completely.
Our home receives water from a spring that is further up in the mountain. There is a pipe that runs for about 400-500 yards up the mountain to the spring. One section of the piping runs through an area that has horses and cows in it. Often a cow or a horse will step on the pipe and brake it loose from another pipe, causing us to lose water. We then have to take a trip up the mountain to reconnect the pipes.
Two days ago we lost water again. This time the pump gave out. With the pump being out, we had no water supply to the house. If I were to wait on the home owners it could take a week or two to get it fixed. Thank the Lord that Brother Darren was willing to help us out. He came over and removed the old pump. We then took a trip down to Barahona to try and find a new pump, and thank the Lord we were able to find one. When we got back home and tried to install the new pump we noticed that it was missing a release valve. So Brother Darren had to figure something else out. The longer that I'm down here the more I see that a missionary needs to be a doctor, mechanic, carpenter, electrician, plumber, counselor, pastor, x-ray tech and many other things to the people he is ministering to. Thank the Lord, Brother Darren has some of these under his belt. He had to rework how the pump was set up, but there was one problem: we were missing a specific piece. There was a small bucket of old nuts and bolts sitting in the shed where the water pump was at. Brother Darren began to look through this bucket for this piece. I didn't know what he was looking for, but I started to pray that the Lord would help him to find what he needed to find. Brother Darren at the same time was praying the same thing. After a few minutes of searching, Brother Darren stood up with a huge smile on his face and started to laugh. He looked at me and said here is the piece we need! At the bottom of this bucket, amongst the old bolts and nuts was the exact piece (the piece had to be one size on one side and another size on the other) that we needed. Thank the Lord for his every loving care towards us!! Brother Darren was then able to finish installing the new pump and at 1:30am we had water!
I want to say a special thank you to Brother Darren and his family for their willingness to help, even if it means staying till 1:00am to get it fixed.
I hope all of this made some kind of sense and that we will always seek the Lord, even when matters seem small.
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
Luke 11:9-13
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| This is the new water pump that we installed. There is a small tube running from the pressure tank to the water pump. That is the tube that needed the specific piece to adapt to the water pump. |
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| This is the bucket where the piece was found (it's actually an old military helmet made of metal) |
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