Tuesday - The Middle of Freaking Nowhere

Heya all, we had a blast on Tuesday, we went to an IPD (Internally Displaced Persons) Camp far outside of Kabul, in a place called Balik'Ab, which means Fragile Water. This place is known by this name becasue there is no known water source to speak of, water trucks have been brought in periodically but it's never enough and the Afghani govenment is attempting to separate this camp as its own village/city. If this were to happen the new city, known as Balik'Ab, would need a more permenant water source.
We went there yesterday to first set up tents that the residents there will use for school houses, the first school in Fragile Water, we called it Hope School. We spent a while setting up the chairs inside the tents and handing out school suppy bags to all the children, the Afghanis set up the tents, and a fine job they did. After we set up the inside of the first tent Bob, who had been at the COIN academy, arrived and was able to talk for awhile with the village elder. After explaining the purpose of the tents, Bob informed the elder that we would be sending a well digging machine in order to provide a more permenant water source for the village.
Suffice to say the Elder and all the people of Balik'Ab were ethusiastic and thankful... then something amazing happened. The village elder invited us to join in prayer, asking if they could pray for us and if we could pray for them! So we were able to gather with them as they lifted a prayer to Allah in Arabic and Bob prayed for the well-being of Balik'Ab in english and translated into Dari!!! Suffice to say this was the highlight of my day, at least.
Anyway, that's all for yesteday.
See you all soon!