Time for a new Cement Mixer

                     update  .. this need has been covered                                          About 10 years ago our friend Tony visited the farm with his son, and very quickly noticed that almost every job in Kyrgyzstan involved mixing cement . so they went out and bought us a mixer.  What a blessing that has been over the years.  Everything from walkways , foundations, planting playground equipment , home renovations , you name it and at some point out comes the mixer.  It is not just for on the farm. many of our neighbors have borrowed it over the years .  As with anything ,  in time it started to get worn out .. bearings had to be replaced, gears had to be rebuilt, the inside paddles had to be replaced and several times the motor had to be repaired.  Every time it would need work we would think that this was it , but every time it cam back with a little life left in it.   Many of you who have come on work teams will have experiences a day or two with "Tony's mixer " .  Well today "Tony's mixer"  is beyond repair.    We have been thankful for the years of service, but now is time for us to invest in a new mixer . 

As I write this, the boys will be getting up shortly and heading over to a single moms to repair a fence that some drunk men broke on her .. the mixer would have been put to good use .   

A new mixer is going to cost 30 000 som, about $350 usd or $475 CDN .     Maybe you would like to have your name attached to a mixer for the next 10 years.   It would be a great blessing to the farm and those around the village we help.  

Here are a few pictures from over the years .