Three BIG water tanks (10,000 liters each) showed up at the school on Saturday, the result of much prayer, hard work and the abundant grace of God towards the school. Like most of our neighbors, we access water from rain as well as a tap that runs water from a nearby fall through a gravity-flow system, to us. The problem is storage. With a population of 400 at the school, our existing concrete tank doesn’t store more than a day’s worth of water. And as is inevitable in Africa, disruptions to the central line that should provide a constant flow of water, are many, leaving us stranded with hundreds of sweaty athletes and no water to bathe them in. (Not to mention the usual needs of cooking and drinking!)

During our time at home in the fall, we raised money for an expansion of our water storing capabilities at the school. And upon arriving home we began making plans to start the project. Michael Masso, our water engineer on the team, tipped us off as we were budgeting again and preparing to start buying materials, that some free tanks may become available. Unicef gave these tanks to local primary schools in high-need areas of Uganda, but some schools never used those they were given, perhaps because they already had access to a tap. After numerous phone calls, meetings and requests David got access to request that schools donate their unused (and becoming damaged) tanks to CSB. A staff member approached leaders of schools with the all-important signed and stamped documents, and here we are, two months later with not one, but THREE 10,000 liter tanks, equal in value to almost half of our budget on the water project!!!

Work started two days ago and you can see in the pictures our old tank (still functional just not so pretty) and the space they are clearing beside it to install the new tanks. There is still significant cost in the installation process, but we are blown away by God’s amazing provision for our needs! Money has been freed up to combat other issues like the need for textbooks and latrines - Hooray!! Again, so many thanks to Mariners Church for funding our water storage project at CSB.