January 2010

Charles will be going to Sierra Leone for the month of February to “scout out” the work there.  For the first couple of weeks he will be working with another fellow getting things ready for the well drilling team as well as getting a “feel” for what life might be like in Sierra Leone.  Charles also hopes to meet with folks who are currently serving as missionaries in Sierra Leone to get a good understanding of how things work there.  In about the third week of February the remainder of the well drilling team will arrive and Charles and the team will head to the Mokanji Hospital to drill the first well with the newly arrived well drilling truck.  They will not be drilling a well as you might think with a rotary bit but rather what is known as “cable percussion” drilling.  This will seem as very “old school” but it is inexpensive to do and doesn’t need a lot of complicated machinery or tools.  When working in the developing world it is always a good thing when the method is simple and easy to understand and the equipment is not complicated to use or repair.  The goal as always is to work ourselves out of a job and have nationals do the work at some point in the future.