After the success of the solar panels in Kandi, we decided to install some solar panels for the new church building in Sonsoro (their generator was starting to have a lot of problems). The new church is now the light on the hill - the only building in the area with electricity! It's slightly outside the main town so there are no power lines feeding the building there yet... But who needs power lines when there are solar panels and a lot of sun?!
We took a little trip to see the installation, congratulate the members there and thank God for His providence.
We had to get some petrol first, which proved to be a challenge as most of the petrol stations were empty... Finally, we found a little place with petrol.
And there was a nice snack bar behind so Pastor bought some treats for the kids in the back...
And then we headed off!
As we turned onto the dusty track, Pastor told us there had been a recent bandit attack and then proceeded to pull a gun out of the driver's door to show us he was prepared to protect us!!! Lol... But he wouldn't let me take a picture of it... Maybe next time ;-)
Fortunately we didn't encounter any bandits!
The installation looked good. Rigo had decided to have one massively bright light at the front of the room - I think they are planning to add some smaller lights around the room soon as the cabling is already in place.
We also discovered that they have erected a gong to call people to prayer! Apparently people can hear the gong even down in the village, several hundred metres away...
Resourceful, no?!
We prayed with the church leaders there...
...and then returned home, again without having to use the gun!! :-)
We took a little trip to see the installation, congratulate the members there and thank God for His providence.
We had to get some petrol first, which proved to be a challenge as most of the petrol stations were empty... Finally, we found a little place with petrol.
And there was a nice snack bar behind so Pastor bought some treats for the kids in the back...
And then we headed off!
As we turned onto the dusty track, Pastor told us there had been a recent bandit attack and then proceeded to pull a gun out of the driver's door to show us he was prepared to protect us!!! Lol... But he wouldn't let me take a picture of it... Maybe next time ;-)
Fortunately we didn't encounter any bandits!
The installation looked good. Rigo had decided to have one massively bright light at the front of the room - I think they are planning to add some smaller lights around the room soon as the cabling is already in place.
We also discovered that they have erected a gong to call people to prayer! Apparently people can hear the gong even down in the village, several hundred metres away...
Resourceful, no?!
We prayed with the church leaders there...
...and then returned home, again without having to use the gun!! :-)
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