Half Full or Half Empty?

What's up America!! This is Bryant Loesch coming to you live from the Village of Hope! Today I hope to answer this question for you once and for all: is the glass half full or half empty?

But beyond finding the answer to this age old question, today was a day packed with work, productivity, and the blessings of our amazing God. This morning we hit the ground running, beginning the fabrication of our tank bright and early.

To turn this big hunk of green into a working sanitation system, we had to cut holes into the main tank and clarifier tanks and fit them with connectors that will allow water to flow through our system. Despite how mundane this may sound, we were all smiles on our end.

After cutting the appropriate holes in our system, we spent the remainder of the morning working on the internal piping inside our tank. Caleb Meeks worked diligently on making our weir system, pictured below, which will carry the clean water our of our system.

While Caleb Meeks did an amazing job on the weir system, Caleb Janelle and I began the task of building our pipe manifold. This conglomeration of pipes will sit on the bottom of our tank and will recycle sludge back into our septic tank. Creating this manifold was the most complicated and time consuming part of our tank preparation, but came along without a hitch. Below is Caleb and I posing with our 10 point beauty.

After we finished building our manifold, we took a short walk up the road to remove the components of our broken system, test them to see if they work, and prepare the tank for extraction. Caleb (who is a much more courageous man than I) climbed on top of our damaged tank, braved the strong sewage smells, removed our electrical components, and detached the pipes and valves from our systems. We were blessed to discover that all of our motors are still functioning, despite being submerged in sewer water for several months.

After we tested our motors, we returned to our big green tank (sorry country music fans, it's sadly not a tractor) to finish construction. As we finished the day, we could look back and watch how God's hand was faithfully covering our project. We were able to progress farther than we had anticipated today with virtually no hang ups. The Lord is so present here, working in and through this community and through our team It has been a joy to watch Him work, and for us to faithfully partner with Him in what He is already doing.

We would love to invite you, as our community of friends, family and fellow believers back home, to partner with us in praying for the continued success of this project. We hope to have our new system installed and running tomorrow, so if you could pray for God's continued blessings and favor for this project as we work with our Ghanaian friends to finish the job.

And the answer to the age old question is the glass is neither half empty of half full, it was designed with a safety factor of 2.

Bryant