Keeping up with Ro and Glo

(The following are miscellaneous photos I have received from Ro and Glo over the last few weeks that I--their daughter--have been too busy to post for them.)

All we in the USA have to do is turn on a tap and there is clean fresh water.  Imagine what it would be like to go to this water resource every day to get water, then carry a 60 lb bidon on your head for miles to your hut.   Yes……this is why we are here. 

See that wall we are posed in front of?  This is an orphanage we have been working at.  The wall will protect their house from 3 feet of water gushing in during the rainy season.  We are with our dear Eddy Matondo, the children (the boy I am holding….Fortune….has only one leg that works, he drags the other along and is NEVER…EVER WITHOUT A SMILE.  He “runs” and tackles me when I arrive.  Also pictured is Philomen..the mama.  More on her below. 

Philomen- If I will ever EVER EVER meet a saint in person it will have been her.

She has devoted her life to picking up abandoned children on the street

And giving them a home.   It is one of the great privileges of my life to be her friend.

We traveled to Brazzaville recently.  We expected to be met by Nitch our man on the ground on ro's right. But three dear friends were here too.  Russell Mbya, John-Pierre Lono, 

Olivier Tsumanga. What a fun surprise.  

One of our next water project areas…..these people have no water and very little else in life.  You can only imagine how glad they are to see us.    It’s dirty, it’s trashy and I LOVE IT!   J