Economics 101

I mentioned that I submitted a proposal for funding to dig a well. WELL, (*pun intended*), just after I submitted it the price of cement nearly doubled and the American dollar dropped yet again. Since the funding comes in US dollars, this would have been a bit of a problem. So I un-submitted the proposal and adjusted it for the dynamics of our global economy. This delay, however, pushes the project back into the rainy season when it is not advisable to be digging wells. After rainy season comes the millet harvest, when everyone has to work in the fields. So we may not be able to start the well until September. But no sweat - it gives me time to finalize details for the school construction, teach my village the joys of compressed stabilized earth bricks, and maybe read War and Peace.