Well, not quite. We had a meeting on site here today. Pastor Juan, the foreman needed to re-assure and encourage his congregation,the workers, to keep digging. The septic tank is enormous and the existing hole is not big enough and the terrain very rocky, making digging hard hard work. The picture is of one of the workers next to the tank, one of the workers who was really hoping it would be sent back for a smaller one.
This fact was becoming obvious to me about a week ago. The workers were hoping Pastor Juan would send back the very large septic tank and order a smaller one......but no, we are keeping the thing - there is some more hard digging to be done.
Pastor Juan is a Renaissance man. My primary business relationship is working with Juan as a coffee consultant and guru. He is knows everything there is to know about coffee but with a business perspective and a willingness to consult and share that is hard to ask as a favor from established farmers (who are busy farming and do not want or need to earn money by consulting as well).
He also fixes computers in town, being immensely popular with the Gringo retired community as he is very reliable and extremely honest as well as being a genius . Being a genius is actually quite a challenge for a Godly man, as in order to use all these talents that are God given and must be used, means that the days are rarely long enough.
As this is a group of serious church goers, Sunday seems to be their busiest and most exhausting day of the week. Today, is Saturday, so they are all gearing up now for the service tomorrow and will probably arrive on Monday a little tired although I am sure spiritually re-invigorated to dig the hole!
This fact was becoming obvious to me about a week ago. The workers were hoping Pastor Juan would send back the very large septic tank and order a smaller one......but no, we are keeping the thing - there is some more hard digging to be done.
Pastor Juan is a Renaissance man. My primary business relationship is working with Juan as a coffee consultant and guru. He is knows everything there is to know about coffee but with a business perspective and a willingness to consult and share that is hard to ask as a favor from established farmers (who are busy farming and do not want or need to earn money by consulting as well).
He also fixes computers in town, being immensely popular with the Gringo retired community as he is very reliable and extremely honest as well as being a genius . Being a genius is actually quite a challenge for a Godly man, as in order to use all these talents that are God given and must be used, means that the days are rarely long enough.
As this is a group of serious church goers, Sunday seems to be their busiest and most exhausting day of the week. Today, is Saturday, so they are all gearing up now for the service tomorrow and will probably arrive on Monday a little tired although I am sure spiritually re-invigorated to dig the hole!
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