Budde Well

Well, dad didn’t tell us the well we had visited was sponsored by our family. Sooo...when I walked towards the school and I saw signs that said things like WE LOVE FOR BUDDE FAMILY and WATR CHARTY MUCH VARY THANKS, well you can see I was pretty shocked, I think they meant to say THANKS VERY MUCH CHARITY WATER, but hey, English is not their first language. It was actually really good English. Anyways, I figured out we had sponsored a well for a school, so the English teacher might have written the signs ( they do have English teachers), and the land was so dry I was amazed that REST found a spot that had water! We got to see them drilling the well, and so they were just drilling like they had been for the past 5 minutes. I was sitting on the cracked and sandy ground talking with Carle, Campbell and Katie when BLOSSHHHH! They hit water, I get wet, and we start drilling through rock. That was like, really loud. The school kids started laughing at us because we got wet, but in a nice way.

Then we had to pose for about 20 more photos with the well, the kids, the drills, the scenery, and with the adults. It was really annoying because I was still suffering from major motion sickness, and standing still in the hot sun dying for Katie to pass the water bottle, but the Ethiopians have it worse. Later they made the speeches. I stood through those but right after I felt terrible. I had not eaten lunch or dinner yesterday, or breakfast today. Its funny, the more I do not eat the less I want to. So I ate some limes that the villagers gave me. I eat limes and lemons just like apples, and we do not get anything other than bread or a tiny bit of meat here, because one the fruit is to expensive because they don’t get any except for cactus fruit once a year for a month. That was a long sentence. Anyways, I was surprised I got the limes. They must have done so much work to get the fruit! Dad forced me to eat, but I still stayed in the car when everyone went to see the school. So, the fan club formed. I could not wait for them to get back to the car ( I don’t mean the fan club). When we left we received really nice gifts. We got a statue, a dove of peace, and other stuff they made. It was really awesome. And so nice. Even though I left sick, I was pretty happy.