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Sunday, May 13, 2012

Walking Water

Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
     And Jill came tumbling after.

Today is my First day visiting South Africa to see how the donated bikes are working out. I came here with a big organization called Bicycles for Humanity.They have a mission to ship bikes here to make it easier for the community to go to school, fetch water, and medical supplies. I am mostly here to help fix bikes we have sent here in the past, but today I am carrying water for my use. There is usually a truck that goes to get the water every day for every one working with me, but once a week the truck will be off duty so we are responsible for getting water ourselves. I am lucky it only has to last 24 hours because I am only carrying one gallon. I have decided to help people by carrying some of their water. Water is heavy. Every one says a gallon is about eight pounds. I am only walking a mile so  I was planning on it only taking about an hour...I thought wrong. Sunday, Today is my day off so I wanted to teach a couple people how to ride a bike later, but I guess that is out of the question. 


                                                 Here is the Video that inspired me to Help:

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