It's been a nice week so far. Things have been
going fairly well. Kind of an interesting story. On Saturday we got a call from
a family who came down to help dig a well for an Eagle Scout project.
This Mother and her son came up from the States to help dig a boar hole for a
village out on the outskirts of Gulu. As part of the Eagle Scout project they
went to a local community and set up a manual drill and taught the local
community how to use it to drill into the ground until they reached water far
enough down. 6 of the missionaries in Gulu (myself included) went to help out
as well. It was really cool to see how it was done. they set up a 20 foot tall
tripod over the ground, and use it as a pulley to pull this drill up and down.
one guy holds a rope and pulls, while 1 or 2 people throw the drill (which is
like a giant metal straw) into the ground. Then they pull it out of the ground,
and throw it back down. Each time they throw the drill down it collects a bit
of dirt, and they do it over and over and over again. It can take like 3 days
until they reach water doing that. It was a cool experience to see them do
that, and to help them do it. It made my Eagle Project (painting a fence) look
wussy.
I have been meaning to send some pictures to
you guys, but every time I come to email, I for get the cord that allows me to
get pictures on the computer. I should be sending some pictures to you
guys next week.
Love all of you guys, enjoy your week.
-Elder Grilliot
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