We made it safely to Ethiopia on Tuesday and have been very busy since then. We had a little bit of down time and then started visiting projects.

Tuesday afternoon we visited the Gadamba project. My Dad and I visted Gadamba on our first trip to Ethiopia. We were overcome by the need for clean water in that community.

There are about 4000 people that live in this community and they have no access to clean water. The challenge in this area is that the water table is so deep that to access it, required a deep bore hole well. It was such a big project that many people had visited it but had left feeling like there was nothing they could do to help. We did not want to be another organization that came to see the need, but then decided that it was to big. So Water to Thrive committed to this project with Glimmer of Hope, and God has blessed it! They started the drilling process and hit water a lot sooner than they anticipated. After they hit water, they also discovered that there was considerably more water than was anticipated and they will be able to add additional water access points to this project. Initially there going to be five different water points off that one well, but they are looking into adding two additional water points to the project because of the amount of water they found.

Here is a picture of the well site. The project is still under construction, so right now it is capped so the rest of the project can be built to pump and distribute the water.

To be able to see water being brought to a community that we visited a year ago is amazing. To know that the things that broke our hearts a year ago are issues that will no longer be faced by this community is such a gift from God. And I am reminded that we can make a difference.

Tomorrow we leave for Dembi Dolo in west Ethiopia and will spend a week there visiting communities and projects. I will probably not have internet access, but will post as soon as I get back to Addis Ababa.