A Breath of Fresh Air:

Good morning everyone!

Well… good afternoon I suppose, but I had a splendid morning! Thank you for asking!

It was a clear Saturday morning as I stumbled out of bed to discover that the house was practically empty (bizarre experience with a crew of 14 on average). After finding a single intelligent life form to communicate with, I was informed that those that came before me had ventured into the unknown in pursuit of fame and fortune… aka they went next door to help our neighbors distribute a LARGE load of manure for their fields next year, nothing quite like a breath of fresh air!

It was quite the wake up call to be honest, but you could tell that they were incredibly grateful… so much so that we were bombarded with a slew of home made jams and juices, so good! It just so happens that was just the beginning of their generosity…

… Did I mention that I our well has left the land of the living? Alas we have access to another well about half of a mile away from our home… it’s a shame that it pooped out on us after the first few days as well. So after resorting to a few trips down to the river (over a mile away), followed by a long process of filtering and boiling our liquid treasure we were the left with the prize of drinkable water.

No worries though, we’ve decided it’s just preemptive training for whatever the upcoming outreach may bring to the table. Also after the first week or so our neighbors were kind enough to offer access to their own water source… a tremendous blessing in so many ways. And the only thing the neighbor had to say in reply to our onslaught of “thank you’s” was “God has provided the water… how could I not be generous?”