From Ron Sterler, January 2, 2008

Dear Rev. Stone,

I am Ronald Sterler, Well Drilling Coordinator for the Western Iowa Synod, replacing Lawrence Zech. Cindy Wells forwarded your email re: the well at Mbarali. We met with Bishop Last, Cindy Wells, Marilyn Zech, Darwin Evans-a geologist that majored in hydrology, and Jeff Bowen who builds well equipment.

We discussed the well at Mbarali and Jeff Bowen said it would not be difficult to cap the well and put a valve on the pipe so it could be opened whenever anyone needed to draw water as long as the water was all flowing from the pipe. Jeff, Dar, Marilyn and myself are going to Tanzania in February and will look at this well and try to take care of this problem.

Thank you and your congregation for the money you have contributed toward the well project at Mbarali. My wife,Phyllis, and I visited your congregation this year and shared our pictures of our trip to Tanzania.

Sincerely, Ron Sterler