Monday, December 29, 2008

The Big pipe just sticking up out of the ground

When we drive out to Little chief there this 8 foot round pipe standing about 20 feet up in the air with rural water written on it. If you look off in the distance you can see another pipe.
The house we been working on at Little chief has a water meter and not a well. The house is miles away from the closes house. Why?? Will it seem when they get oil here in OK they also get salt water and natural gas. Many year back they would just pump the salt water back into the ground or put it on the ground. The salt water they pump into the ground mix with all the under ground water. The area well became undrinkable. Look like the oil company were take to court and had to get water to all the people with bad water. Most country home I guess in this area have meters for water. When you go pass a big pipe standing up in the air around pawaka OK you now know why. The salt water from the oil well are haul away.

Monday, December 01, 2008

Deal or No Big Deal

A mission give you a chance to think about your life. Yesterday I was busy putting the drain field together with the pipe and gravel. One of the workers was running the back hoe as I was putting the system together and used my knife to cut the cloth that separated the dirt from the gravel. My wife called and needed me for a minuet when I return my knife it was missing from my holster. the back hoe had moved aloft of dirt and I thought that there is no way that I would find the knife. We looked and dug for a while and could not find it so that night I prayed for some help from hose who are looking out for us to help me. The next day before we when out on another job I ran out to look for it quickly before we left. My wife called and said come on we don't have all day.
So I started walking back slowly to the car and there it was with dirt clods all around it. I grab it and held it up high and said, Hey Connie look what I found. As we sat down in the car my eyes filled up with gratitude and again I felt peace in my heart for the help I had received to find it. It may not be a big deal for most people but for me losing something is a big deal. When I was younger my Dad would get very angry with me when I would lose something. As I thought back through my life every time I needed to find something, I was able to kneel down and say a prayer and I was alway able to find what I had lost