{"id":9812,"date":"2020-01-20T12:49:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T18:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=9812"},"modified":"2020-01-20T18:08:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T00:08:17","slug":"water-cant-live-without-it-cant-live-with-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2020\/water-cant-live-without-it-cant-live-with-it.html","title":{"rendered":"Water &#8211; can&#8217;t live without it, can&#8217;t live with it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:themify-builder\/canvas \/-->\n\n\n<p>I haven&#8217;t posted for a while, but frankly, we bin busy! A little too busy in some ways &#8230; we&#8217;re trying to find ways to carve a little rest into the schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the &#8220;busyness&#8221; is trying and failing to catch up on things that weren&#8217;t done over the holidays &#8230; some of which should have been done <em>before<\/em> the holidays &#8230; but hey, like everyone, we&#8217;re given 24 hours a day and we just have to ask God for wisdom on how to use those hours! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may know we&#8217;ve had our adventures with minor flooding in the house. For example, if the water jug has a small hole in it, it will leak and cause some big enough problems in the kitchen. Shari caught one leaking the other day, before it did much damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lately, it&#8217;s been adventures with toilets.<\/strong> One &#8220;exploded&#8221; this past summer, <a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2019\/the-mysterious-exploding-toilet.html\">one in December<\/a>. Due to our financial situation, we of course bought the absolutely cheapest toilets we could find. This worked out great the first time, horrible the second time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our friend Ismael installed the new cheap toilet, and then returned to fix the new cheap toilet during the holidays (after flood #2 &#8211; thankfully, we were home and awake both times, or it could have been much worse than a lot of mopping!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then Shari again noticed water pooling on the floor &#8211; not like the previous disasters, but enough to require some plumbing. At first she thought it was just water leaking from the ceiling (a semi-regular occurrence &#8211; water leaking from the draining of the washing machine on the next floor). But no, it was the toilet again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So this time I put on my plumbing hat and did the repairs &#8211; replacing some ridiculously cheap parts on this toilet with something more normal. It took a couple of tries, but it looks like it&#8217;s actually working again. How long it will last, we do not know!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve had fewer roof leaks, because it&#8217;s dry season, so that&#8217;s nice. Although we&#8217;ve had a wee bit of rain the last few days, which is unusual for this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>But all these things remind me of things to be thankful for. <\/strong>For one, as I mentioned, we&#8217;ve been at home when these floods occurred. Even a couple of hours could have caused some damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second, our water has been fairly reliable lately &#8211; we&#8217;ve had fairly good and consistent pressure (for those who remember some of our problems in the past). It hasn&#8217;t been 100%, but usually we have running water &#8211; which is a major blessing many do not have!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/tierra-y-libertad-zapata.jpg\" alt=\"Tierra y Libertad - Zapata attacks!\" class=\"wp-image-9813\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>So there you are, the ongoing story of the toilets. Just what you wanted to distract you on a Monday! But there is much more to be thankful for. We had a good service yesterday, with lots of people and even some new people. It was an encouragement to us all. And God continues to use His Word to speak to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And to conclude &#8211; to prove that we&#8217;re trying to rest once in a while &#8211; we enjoyed trying out a new board game called <em><a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/242191\/tierra-y-libertad-mexican-revolution-game-second-e\">Tierra y Libertad<\/a><\/em> (Land and Liberty), a game about the Mexican Revolution. Fun, and educational! 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