Some Frustration

As things go along you sometimes run into issues that don't seem to make sense. The work today went pretty well until this afternoon when the 60Hz generator failed. Gary was working on grounding the power plant and shut the generator down to make the bonding connection. When the generator was restarted it did not produce voltage. After some troubleshooting without any actual manuals on the generator we were not able to get it working. The generator is critical to the Ranch as it runs the well pump for water for all of the ranch. Another frustration involved the float switch on the Ranch water supply tank. Earlier in the day we had to check out the float switch in the water tank on the hill because we could not determine that water was being pumped into the tank, only to find out that the float switch does not function. It has never been hooked up to power the pump as we only yesterday installed wires to the tanks, a distance of about 1/2 mile. Tomorrow morning we will try to find a replacement switch at the local Santo Hardware store where we have been buying some supplies from Adrian, a manager from Vancouver Island, Canada. Please pray that the generator problem can be solved. One blessing to this is that the problem occurred while we are still here at the ranch rather than a few weeks after we leave, We do have a manual for this generator back at the guest house and we are hoping and praying that the advice in it will be useful in solving the problem. We also expect to call back to the USA later tonight to see if we can get some good advice as well.
Other things that happened today involved the women painting the containers again. They worked the full day and then went back to the guest house to prepare our evening meals. They faithfully have fed us every day and for that we are very thankful. Then who could forget little Charlotte helping glue PVC conduit together! She is a very cute little girl. She and her siblings polished off the last of the fireballs I brought along yesterday, so I guess I will have to send some more over when someone comes here again. Also, we enjoyed singing Happy Birthday to Don.