President Robinson (l) and Elder Finlayson (r) left the "lockdown" confines of the Temple compound in Aba, Nigeria, to come and help us with our water problems. We practically kept them locked up working on the project. They thought they were coming for a fews days and ended up staying 2 1\2 weeks.
Pres Robinson(Left) and Elder Finlayson (Right) are "hugging" their beloved pumping system. The blue tank behind Pres. Robinson is a bladder\pressure tank for the hot water. It is 200 Liters in capacity. The Nigerians think it is huge by their standards. By our standards, it is quite small. Another blue tank for the cold water sits behind the one you can see. It is to be exchanged for one to match this one. There are two sets of pumps between the men. One pump on each side is for hot water and the other (top) pump is for cold water. The two sets are for redundancy. The men have been gone for a week and one major part of their system has ceased functioning. Pumps, Pressure Switches and other components fail on a regular basis. It is just the nature of things that are available here in Nigeria. The hot water circulating pump is the part that failed. To get hot water now, we turn it on when in our apartment when we get up and then can shower 30 minutes later when the hot water finally circulates to the apartments.
We did a lot of dining out while we had Robinsons and Finlaysons here. They don't get to go out to restaurants like we do, so it was fun for them. We also got together for several dinner parties. The other things we did together was shop. We went for food, shopped for clothes, and even went to V.I. to shop for wood carvings and other souveniers.
Chopsticks is the high-priced Chinese Restaurant that is on Opebi Road, almost next door to the Church compound. We had never gone there before our Aba guests came, and it was fun to try a new restaurant.
President Robinson (l) and Elder Finlayson (r) left the "lockdown" confines of the Temple compound in Aba, Nigeria, to come and help us with our water problems. We practically kept them locked up working on the project. They thought they were coming for a fews days and ended up staying 2 1\2 weeks.
Pres Robinson(Left) and Elder Finlayson (Right) are "hugging" their beloved pumping system. The blue tank behind Pres. Robinson is a bladder\pressure tank for the hot water. It is 200 Liters in capacity. The Nigerians think it is huge by their standards. By our standards, it is quite small. Another blue tank for the cold water sits behind the one you can see. It is to be exchanged for one to match this one. There are two sets of pumps between the men. One pump on each side is for hot water and the other (top) pump is for cold water. The two sets are for redundancy. The men have been gone for a week and one major part of their system has ceased functioning. Pumps, Pressure Switches and other components fail on a regular basis. It is just the nature of things that are available here in Nigeria. The hot water circulating pump is the part that failed. To get hot water now, we turn it on when in our apartment when we get up and then can shower 30 minutes later when the hot water finally circulates to the apartments.
We did a lot of dining out while we had Robinsons and Finlaysons here. They don't get to go out to restaurants like we do, so it was fun for them. We also got together for several dinner parties. The other things we did together was shop. We went for food, shopped for clothes, and even went to V.I. to shop for wood carvings and other souveniers.
Chopsticks is the high-priced Chinese Restaurant that is on Opebi Road, almost next door to the Church compound. We had never gone there before our Aba guests came, and it was fun to try a new restaurant.
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