4 inches of Rain!

After 3 inches of rain on Tuesday night we had 4 inches on Wednesday night at Green Pastures! Absolutely wonderful! Now the lake has taken in a lot of water (see yesterday's photo below). There's still a lot needed to fill it up and fill all the reservoirs in the region, but it is a great improvement on the precarious situation we were in previously. We have now had 21.2 inches of rain in this rainy season, and as I had said previously, we need around 40 inches to fill everything up! We praise God for the progress with rain and pray for a whole lot more throughout this month of April.

Since Wednesday we have been planting native tree seedlings again. It's quite a challenge in a semi-arid region with such inconsistent rainfall. Of the 4,000 seedlings we planted last year only 180 survived, but we battle on and try again this year.

Last night's Bible study was good. Tomorrow we have a special all-day event of action with the folk of the borough where we are running the "battered wives" project which is going so well. We will be doing a whole load of things to help the community - doctor, hair dressers, manicures, Glucose and blood pressure checks, Vet for the family pets etc. We will also have a service at the end of the day in the street at which I will preach.

On Sunday we will have a church business meeting in the morning and communion at night. Lots of the people at church are really poorly with the viruses going berserk in these parts. Please pray. 

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