Those who will make holes
After 16 days of attempting to hit water, drilling has stopped in Nahuatl land. Peter Hypki reports the metal tubing that connects to the drilling bit has snapped in half and there is 65 feet of metal tubing as well as the drill bit still stuck in the hole and no equipment to remove it.
The team from Living Water who planned and prepared, arriving to work hard for weeks with only one day off, has packed up. The hole has been covered. The missionary team is exhausted.
The drillers have gone out to the city to do maintenance and discuss the next steps. Will they continue the well; start a new one, or what?
A more important question to the team is how, in their emotional exhaustion, will they continue to express the changeless hope and trust they have in Him who provides all their needs?
They’ve refused to give in to those who have encouraged them to just offer a little money or some sacrifice on the altar of the village spirit. The team has clearly said they are committed to a shameless persistence much like that of the friend in Luke 11:5-9. Team member Katie Moore says she feels like that friend, knocking until the door is finally opened.
They’ve been waiting for water for almost three years. For weeks they listened to the diesel engine growl, the grinding of metal on rock, duct taping holes in the water hoses, and still no water.
Katie says her faith is often weak. She wonders if it’s her job to defend God’s reputation to those who have predicted failure without the missionary team first appeasing the village spirit. Katie finds herself on edge as the people continue to ask questions about the drilling and whether there’s really water under the ground.
The team wants God to be glorified in this situation, and even though they have not been promised water from this hole, they continue on, having the assurance that they know and serve the same God that made the rains fall in the story of Elijah.
Katie says they know that the battle is not between the seemingly impenetrable hard rock and the drill bit, but between the one, true God and those spirits and saints the Nahuatl worship. The team will rest in God defending His own reputation and honor because they are convinced He concerns Himself with His good name.
The Nahuatl team wants to thank you for joining them in prayer about the outcome of this well project and asks that you keep praying with them hoping and expecting that those who will make the holes will return in God’s perfect timing.
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