Dan goes drilling for water

We have been stuck in Kampala for the last week or so as we attended to some health issues.  In the meantime Dan, Emma, and crew began drilling a new hole near where they live and attend church.  Colin was not able to be there to help transport the materials to the new well site, pick the location, ensure everything was present and accounted for, etc., so the responsibility rested on Dan.  For all previous wells Colin has been able to organize the crew and materials, select the site, work alongside everyone else, and smooth everything out, and solve problems as they arise.   However Colin was not able to be there for the start of this new well and Dan got his chance to step up.  If you know Dan you know he is a quiet man who leads by action.  Dan heads up the drilling efforts in Obulle and is well respected in the area.  Dan is a leader in his community and people look to him for guidance and counsel and help, but he can come across as somewhat timid at times.  Often in social settings Dan remains quiet and reserved. He is one of those folks who is always at work behind the scenes humbly serving others.  Many times Dan takes the quiet almost timid approach  but it is in well drilling that we get to see a different side of him.  Dan truly feels like God has given him the water well drilling as his personal ministry.  He happily says that God gifted some for preaching, some with musical ability, others for this particular work, some for this thing or that thing, but God has given him drilling as his way of preaching.  Dan uses the well drilling work as his platform to allow him to share Christ with others.  Dan loves drilling and is quite good at it - he has a gift for drilling.  It is through the water well drilling ministry that Dan is able to fully shine and share with others how wonderful his God is.

He called Colin after the first day of drilling to inform him they had gotten down to four meters the first day.  That is quite a feat considering they are drilling through hard marrum rock by hand.  Some days they can pound away on the marrum and only get a meter or two, so four was pretty impressive We feel very blessed that God led us to Dan and that Dan feels drilling is his calling.  We are so excited to be a part of what God is doing here and to be a part of what God is going to do in the community of Obulle through men like Dan.

Dan and family

Dan during a day of drilling