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Words from Gretchen~Oct 1996

Praise God! Hallelujah! Our God is an awesome God. He is a mighty God full of power and mercy and without HIm we can do nothing. We have been receiving more revelation of this everyday. He is our all in all. In Him we live and move and have our being.

This has been very evident in our challenge to dig wells over the mountains behind out home. It has been and is a big spiritual battle for us. The devil does not want thousands of people living there to have good clean drinking water. Some walk and carry water 4 to 5 miles one way and the water is not clean. We have wanted to go over the mountain for over a year to drill but it has been a struggle. At the end of Sept we were on our way. We have a big army truck with 10 wheels to pull the drilling rig. There are two very steep parts on the old mountain road and we started up the first one spinning. Oh Boy! We went back home and put 50 110 pounds sacks of wheat used for the feeding program on the army truck for weight to get more traction. We hooked up again and took another run at the mountain. One person was in the army truck pulling the rig while another sat in the rig to steer it. Away we went. We could feel God’s angels pushing us up that steep mountains. There were 1000 ft drop offs. To God be all the Glory! After we reached the top we stopped and got out and thanked God and had a little Hallelujah dance. We got back in and went about 1/4 mile and a tire blew out of the army truck. The devil was mad and we were glad! Hallelujah! We got back to the place we were going to dig the first well (Blanquet) and sat up to begin drilling the next day. To make a long story short the next week (after 6 days) we hit a huge source of water at 125ft. God cracked the rock and gave us water! The following Saturday we showed the Jesus Film over the well and 11 received Christ as their Savior. The same week drilling was started in another area (Tapio) and after 2 weeks and 260ft God again blessed us with water. We know how water is drilled in the USA but here it is a 8″ punch drill with a bit that punches the dirt and rocks out. It is a slow process each well involves 1000’s and 1000’s of punches.

We are planning on drilling at least 3 to 4 more wells in the area. Please be praying that God will supply the funds and crack the rock to bring forth the precious life sustaining water that is so needed. And then we will be able to dig those spiritual wells of salvation.

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  1. Sharel says

    I can just hear her JESUS mercy !

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