Life can be harder here. I’m not talking about for us although that can be true as well. There are things that I think many of us take for granted and then every once in a while there is something to remind us of how lucky we are. Just last week our gardener’s wife lost her baby at full term. This is heartbreaking and we’ll never know what happened or what, if anything, could have been done. By the time she realized that something was wrong the baby was already gone. I know this doesn’t only happen in places like Tanzania, but it does happen much more often here. Our thoughts have been with Petro and his family all week.
But on a more uplifting note, Mama Jackie had a water pipe installed at her house just outside her kitchen last week. For the first time ever she now has running water at her house. Now she doesn’t have to buy a bucket or two of water every morning that she’d then ration for all her cooking, bathing, and washing for the day. She is beyond excited and she’s come to work every day since then talking about how she has water every night and every morning. She is also patiently waiting for electricity to be hooked up. Her house has been wired and now she is just waiting for the power company to drop the line to her house. It’s been a year long process so far, but we have our fingers crossed that this last step will happen soon.
Mama Jackie proudly showing the boys her new water stand
Congratulations Mama Jackie.
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