“While I am in the world, I am the Light of the world.” – John 9:5
Congratulations to all who noticed the electric transmission poles in the mystery picture last week. Yes, electricity has come to Helene. What a huge blessing for the Helene communities and the MEI ministries.
“In Helene, I can hear people running up and down the road shouting. It is a celebration of lights for real. This is the first time, after almost 16 years on this remote island, we have an electrical grid to connect to. What more changes this year!!” – Larry Benson, Executive Director.
Background
After many, many years of expectations and prayers, an electric transmission line came to Helene last month. The line was placed on the sea floor by a large ship and as the ship reached the outer reefs, forty (40) men from Helene were hired to bring the heavy line onto the shore. The process of preparing for the transmission line began a few months ago, which included installing the power poles, and hiring and training local Helene individuals to establish the local office and build a staff.
Here is a picture of 2 local men trained as new electricians. Left, Bradley, who went to our Helene Christian English School, and on the right is Peter. They stopped by our clinic last week for initial discussions to connect our buildings in the coming weeks.
The main power is now active, as evidenced below by lights now running along the island “highway” paths.
MEI will be the first to connect to the new island power grid. MEI will then be in a position to easily switch back to the diesel-powered generator and batteries system, if needed as a backup. Based on early estimates, with the use of electricity, we expect our energy costs to be reduced by 50%. The energy savings will result in no need for the expensive diesel fuel, constant boat trip expenses to pick up the barrels of diesel, and the time and costs of the on-going maintenance for the generator/battery system.
Electricity Comes to Helene
“While I am in the world, I am the Light of the world.” – John 9:5
Congratulations to all who noticed the electric transmission poles in the mystery picture last week. Yes, electricity has come to Helene. What a huge blessing for the Helene communities and the MEI ministries.
“In Helene, I can hear people running up and down the road shouting. It is a celebration of lights for real. This is the first time, after almost 16 years on this remote island, we have an electrical grid to connect to. What more changes this year!!” – Larry Benson, Executive Director.
Background
After many, many years of expectations and prayers, an electric transmission line came to Helene last month. The line was placed on the sea floor by a large ship and as the ship reached the outer reefs, forty (40) men from Helene were hired to bring the heavy line onto the shore. The process of preparing for the transmission line began a few months ago, which included installing the power poles, and hiring and training local Helene individuals to establish the local office and build a staff.
Here is a picture of 2 local men trained as new electricians. Left, Bradley, who went to our Helene Christian English School, and on the right is Peter. They stopped by our clinic last week for initial discussions to connect our buildings in the coming weeks.
The main power is now active, as evidenced below by lights now running along the island “highway” paths.
MEI will be the first to connect to the new island power grid. MEI will then be in a position to easily switch back to the diesel-powered generator and batteries system, if needed as a backup. Based on early estimates, with the use of electricity, we expect our energy costs to be reduced by 50%. The energy savings will result in no need for the expensive diesel fuel, constant boat trip expenses to pick up the barrels of diesel, and the time and costs of the on-going maintenance for the generator/battery system.
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