We were awoken yet again by amazing birdsong and a fried egg breakfast. Then we were collected by taxi to go to see our Compassion boy that we support called Theophile. It was a very emotional reunion we brought him a few gifts ans were greeted by mum and dad and a fair number of their ten children. Theophile had prepared a little speech in English we he said very well. We inspected there fairly large garden which looked very good. There livestock comprised one goat plus her kid sadly one of goats had died; plus two hens and a cockerel so they had some fresh eggs.
Theophile our sponsored boy with his mum and the lovely gift they had prepared for us.
The Aquafilter is really working well a year on and is being kept in a very clean state.
Some of the family of 12 with the two Compassion workers
Theophile's goat and hens which he bought with birthday and Christmas presents we sent
Then back to the guest house where it absolutely tipped it down for several hours the Congolese pastors, Ebonye and Echiba, who we had been waiting for finally arrived absolutely soaked to the skin it was lovely to meet up with these wonderful individuals who had helped to ship some of the filters into the DR Congo in the past. We spent time with them Judah gave them a computer given by her daughter, I gave them some teaching materials on diabetes on a data stick which they were very pleased to receive and John and Rob reviewed some stories of filters which were not working properly and they were advised and retaught about their use.
Peter teaching a widow from Congo how to use a family Aquafilter
John and Peter demonstrating the community filter to Congo pastors
and teaching them how to correct the simple faults
such as blocked pre-filters which had developed over 2 years.
View from the restaurant just as sun setting.
Finally we went to a restaurant in a guest house further along the lake and had a final celebratory meal as John and Jill were leaving for Kenya in the morning finally we came back and were taught an African song and participated in some dances which Peter and Desimous taught us, mostly involving cows and their horns, also on einvolving a lot of high jumping. finally exhausted we climbed into bed
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