Pete and I flew up to Kara Bara last week. It’s north of the Chalbi Desert in the Hurri Hills.

The 206 was completely packed with boxes full of hot water heater parts. John drove up and met us there to tackle a couple of plumbing projects and install the hot water heaters.

We saw many amazing things: the snake house, made from asbestos, now inhabited by a lot of wildlife; a hyena and several gazelles out at night; and a Brazilian missionary who refuses to eat vegetables.

We had a couple parts break and had to come up with new solutions, but by the time we flew out on Saturday, the water was warm-ish and there weren’t any leaks.

Kara Bara is at 4200 feet with sustained winds over 20 mph. While it warms up a bit in the afternoon, it gets down below 10C at night. If this hot water system can take the edge off, I’m sure it will be a blessing to the young missionary family living there.