We have not had any water for three weeks. We have a tank that holds 1,500 gallons of water. We have had to buy a truck of water a week for the past three weeks just to use for showers, washing clothes, and washing dishes. Finally after a week of calling, Sanaa (water company) came out today to fix the problem and found out that someone turned our water off just to be mean. I, however, am not convinced that that is the problem. We are supposed to get water again tonight from the city so we will soon know if that is what was wrong or not.
We have had good rainfall this past week. It has made it so nice here. Once our water starts coming in I can spring clean. I am going to start by washing curtains. I have some beige lace curtains that are now dark brown from the dust. I hate to let them get so bad, but when you have no water there is not much you can do.
We had baptism Sunday scheduled for Sunday. A few days before one of our members called to
tell us that a dead dog had been thrown into the water hole where we baptize and told us that we should cancel the service. We asked him to take the dog out. His wife called on Friday and told us that the dog was still there. We went out on Saturday and found out that God had cleaned it for us. It had rained so much that everything floated down the river. We had our baptism service and two from our church got baptized. One was Jordan and the other Cristian (8 years old). To have children get baptized is a huge step. Here there is a very common belief that children 
shouldn't get baptized until they are 12 (the age Jesus went to the temple). It is very hard to get parents to give permission. We were so excited for Cristian to finally get permission. We had a great service with Bro. Alan Jackson's church joining us. This was the first for them to baptize in the river and they loved it.
tell us that a dead dog had been thrown into the water hole where we baptize and told us that we should cancel the service. We asked him to take the dog out. His wife called on Friday and told us that the dog was still there. We went out on Saturday and found out that God had cleaned it for us. It had rained so much that everything floated down the river. We had our baptism service and two from our church got baptized. One was Jordan and the other Cristian (8 years old). To have children get baptized is a huge step. Here there is a very common belief that children 
shouldn't get baptized until they are 12 (the age Jesus went to the temple). It is very hard to get parents to give permission. We were so excited for Cristian to finally get permission. We had a great service with Bro. Alan Jackson's church joining us. This was the first for them to baptize in the river and they loved it. 
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