Holonga, Vavaʻu, Tonga · September 2021The water-mobile

The village pump in Holonga broke, and for almost two weeks there was no water in the taps. We had a rainwater tank for drinking water, but it was almost empty. There had been no rain for many days, which is unusual for Vavaʻu.

Thanks to a neighbour, we could fetch water from a prison nearby. We put an old washing machine on the trailer and drove over to fill it, two rounds a day, then carried the water in buckets to whatever needed doing: laundry, dishes, everything. We called it our water-mobile.

On the twelfth day I asked for prayer, for rain and for the pump.

The next morning the tap water started to work again, just a few hours after I asked. That day I had my first shower in fourteen days. What a blessing it is to have water.

Two days later heaven opened. The rain fell and filled our tank again. In Tonga you can drink the water from heaven directly.