Ta Phin

We had a great day at the school in Ta Phin . . . I got to hear the GVI story of how they are transforming this community. (And I also had an opportunity t0 tell much of the story on video that we can hopefully show in the future.)

This first picture is of the water tank that GVI and Forefront church built here last year. Before then the students did not have access to potable water at school so many did not come - or only came sporadically.

GVI built a water line from a stream about 3/4 of a mile away. They then put in a water filtration system to give the school acess to potable water. Because of this twice as many students (mostly from the Red Dzao - another mountain people group who imigrated from China) now come to the school (From 110-220).

Not only that but the people living in the path of the line also plug into the system and have clean water. This second picture is of one of the homes that now has water.

There's more to the story . . . but the bottom line is that they have blessed over 600 people in this small community and this water project - running the line, the storage tank, water filtration system ---everything cost $5,500! Amazing!

Down below are a couple of other pics from today --- two men driving their water buffalos just outside the school and then terraced rice patties near the school (those continue to amaze me!)