We need water!

They said that rainy season was supposed to start last week, but so far, in spite of an impending hurricane, we haven't seen hardly any rain here in San Cristobal. We had a bit of a water emergency the other day. Our well is dry and the truck that delivers water was broke down. We went a few days with very little water and one day without a drop in the house. Usually the water gets turned on a couple times a day for about a half hour and we fill up a bunch of buckets in the kitchen and bathroom to use for the rest of the day. But lately we haven't had as much. We were also supposed to have a new well drilled, but there's been all kinds of delays on that too. We always have drinking water because that gets delivered, but it's difficult when you don't have water to wash with. Sometimes we shower or do laundry at other people's houses in town, where there's more water. Some friends of ours went to get water for us once this week (see photos below.) I tried to post some more photos, but my photo posting program is on the blink right now. It might be a problem with my internet connection.

I'm thankful that we don't have to carry our water to our house in buckets on our heads, like some of the natives do, but I'm be even more grateful if we could have a consistent water supply. It's difficult at the school because the kids need water to wash their hands and flush the toilets. There's a lot of colds going around and if we had running water that would help. So please pray for rain, and for our new well to get finished.