Clean Water to Drink

Long gone are the days of simply turning on the faucet for a glass of water to drink.  That was a difficult habit to break.  It was even more difficult to break the habit of rinsing our toothbrushes in tap water.  And we had to train Seth not to drink the water while taking a shower!  Yes, any water that goes in our mouths or that I cook with comes from this water filter right here.  We call it our Stefani because that is its name brand.  

Every day, I pour tap water in the top of it.  It filters the water, and then when we turn on the spigot there, we have clean water to drink.

When we moved to Nakuru, we found that our Stefani alone was not enough.  The water here is much dirtier, so a dirt "crust" was forming quickly on the filters in the Stefani which majorly slowed down the flow of water.  BJ has to take it apart to clean it for me about every two weeks now.  So as a backup system, we got this water dispenser as well.

We buy bottles of water for this dispenser.  Seth uses this one for drinking water because he can reach it.  And I use it when my Stefani is not working as efficiently as I need it to.

I am so thankful for clean water.

A bottle of filtered water is kept on the sink at all times.

We have never gotten sick from water the whole time we have been here.  I know it is because of God's protection on our family and also from being careful.  In many ways, missionaries' lives change when they move to the mission field, and this is just one of those changes that our family had to get used to.  It has become a new normal for us.   

* Bread pudding for breakfast
* Broccoli carrot soup for lunch (leftover from yesterday)
* And tonight, we are having red beans and rice.  Good ole Louisiana food!  We found some good sausage to put in it.  The sausage is made right here in Nakuru--a blessing for us.