Water
May or June-98:     For approximately 6 months I was carrying water about a city block. When that water source wasn't available, I had to carry water several blocks from another gas station. This was getting old very fast; and was bringing unwanted attention to the camps location.
     I remember how nice it was to have hot water running over my hands in a gas station restroom. I took baths out of a cooking pot, and it was a month before I bought the gas stove. I was cooking in a hole in the ground/homemade oven with sterno. That had to stop because my oven became the storm drain.

     One day the Lord put a thought in my mind about an outside water spicket located on the side of the Pizza Hut building.

Note: This would be like  someone whispering in your ear when you are preoccupied with something else; and you turn around and say What?  It comes out of the blue.

     I checked it out and found the water nozzle. The outside spicket was only 10-15 steps from the camp. I could hook up a water hose and the nozzle would practically reach into camp. This was luxury.  I could wash my hair under the nozzle and would get water early in the morning between 3 and 4 am. Would fill up two 5 gallon containers and a 1 gallon container.

     The Lord wanted me to carry the water for 6 months. This made me very grateful to the Lord for the close water source.

note:  I had 4 real showers/baths during the year. Compliments of a Christian brother in the Lord.


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