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    $xx.99 or the real cost?

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    typo

    Always even dollars here and I take care of the tax, unless it's one of the stores I sell in and then they take care of the tax. So basically if they buy direct from me they save about 5% and I save 12.5% commission to store.

    A Worthy Cause

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    Well I'm back now. Praise to God for that!!! We got much done but ended up in the middle of a tribal war. We had to hunker down one day trying to avoid a stray bullet from the fighting less than 1/4 mile away!!!!!!!!! There's no place like home Toto.

    Forge Came in Today

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    Well, my two burner diamondback bladesmith forge came in today, I love it and I haven't even fired it yet, need to buy tape for the threads still, but anyhow here are pictures...

    I also bought the idler valve, should fire it up by the end of this week, will get pictures for sure. next to do is make my stand for it, but for now, i have a temp stand out in the shop "area"


    Congrats, you're gonna love it!!! I've had mine for almost 2 years with no problems at all. I also just added the idler valve a couple of months ago, very easy to set up and adjust. It has already payed for itself in gas savings.
    ENJOY!!!!!!

    A Worthy Cause

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    JMW, curious? Were the wells provided in the last couple years. I did some ironwork for a gentleman but since have lost contact with him. He and his partner were working on plans to provide water to every village in Tanzania. I thought wow!, but then I learn how much money there was between the two of them and how serious they were. Last I heard, they were in the planning stage with the Tanzania government.


    Gerald the well was done sometime last year I believe. It was part of the
    ZAO Water Organization, a completely non-profit organization. to quote them
    "We SELL water to GIVE water". They are doing a great service for providing healthy, clean, SAFE water in Kenya and Tanzania. Matt Peterson is the director. To date they have provided 19 wells,33 springs,a catchment tank that provides for 900 school children, hygiene training for thousands and sanitary latrines in most places that they have provided a watersource.

    Here's a link to their site:


    ::: ZAO WATER ::: Water for the Thirsty


    In todays "modern" world water related diseases take the lives of over
    5 MILLION people each year, most are children under the age of 5!!!
    According to UNICEF/WHO(World Health Organization) in 2004 unsafe water killed about 4500 children a day.

    A Worthy Cause

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    Posted · Edited by jwmotley
    typo

    I hope you have a great trip. I haven't been to that particular part of the world ... yet. I will get around there before long.. My heart is stuck in Mexico for the time being.. I've been on mission trips since 2000 and would not trade those experiences for anything.. I work mainly with deaf ministries to build neighborhood schools for the kids. I teach blacksmithing to the older kids. I'm heading down near the end of February to forge two sets of gates for a mission in Reynosa. If anyone is interested in going , I'll be driving from Memphis to Harlingen TX. It's about a 16 hour drive. Just email me and I can go into specifics I work closely with Isaiah 55 Ministries. I have a small version of my shop on site and I take tools down when I go. I go about two or three times a year and stay from a week up to two months some times. I always go to serve others but, I am always the one who ends up being served. And, the food is absolutely fantastic.... that's actually the real reason I go.


    Thanks bigjohn, your work sounds like a great cause also. Makes me wish I could go with you as well, maybe next year!

    A Worthy Cause

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    It is great that you are generous and helping people.

    As for myself, I am currently a social worker working with some of the poor in our area of Pennsylvania. You would not believe the huge number of poor, homeless, mentally unhealthy, and/or jobless around this area alone. Literally thousands!

    The charities say they are running out of food, beds and money because of the economy. The shelters turn people away, especially in the winter because of the limited number of beds.

    Your trip sounds like a lot of fun. Enjoy!



    We are having the same problems here in southwest VA, plants closing left and right, people losing their homes. Not many good paying jobs here to start with and now just snowballing downhill looks like. We try to help the local food pantry as much as we can. If you check what we're getting for our cattle now and what's projected for prices this year as far as our costs go either my wife or myself will have to get a public job if one can be found. My 'smithing item sales went way down the last 3 months, no one has any money to spend on "extra's". Things are tough all over right now and if you get a chance to help somehow you need to because it may be you needing help next week or month or year. I feel I have really been blessed by getting this opportunity to go (even though I was warned we had to work our tails off while we're there). lol I'm sure it will be a great time had by all!
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