There is a lot of water in Nepal but, as most of it falls in the monsoon season, it isn’t always in the right place at the right time! That’s why, between two hills, a long irrigation pipe has been built - a real feat of engineering. And the man behind it was an Interserve Partner, Peter.
 When the wind blows, the pipe moves slightly. When you fill it with water, it sags. When it’s empty, it expands with the temperature. When you fill it with water, it cools again. That’s thermal movement, so designing the joints was the main challenge. 
Was there ever a point at which he thought it might not work?
I did have visions of a spectacular fountain if a joint failed and water under pressure was spurting out. I took the project on from somebody else, and if I’d been asked to do it from scratch, I’d probably have said, ‘No, you shouldn’t attempt it.’ But we were committed and I began to see that prayer is vital to my work as well as in the rest of my life. Certainly a lot of prayer went into that project, and it’s good to see that God gave me the wisdom to produce a workable design.
The pipe really has changed things for the farmers. Before irrigation, they could only plant maize and millet. Now they can make paddy fields and grow their own rice, and vegetables too.
The story speaks for itself. It is just one of many that illustrates how the lives of individuals and communities have been transformed through Interserve’s ministry.
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