Floods in Gotesti

In the light of what's been happening in Pakistan to say we have had floods in Gotesti seems almost a condradiction in terms.

This is the village cementry and for those who have been to our village they know that where you see a lake in the background was, up until July of this year, arable and planted land.

The river Prut burst it's banks and there are hundreds of hectares of land now under 4m of water.

Fortunately, no-one was killed or seriosuly injured

What did happen however was that many lost their land and some their homes.

This is the homestead of a friend (in fact one of our best customers at Karis Pizza ). The water entered into the first floor level of his house aparently

The trees at the very back of the picture is where the river Prut actually is so you can see how far the water has come in land.

The main road to Chisinau from the South which runs through Gotesti has also been cut off since the floods in July.

The water has been gradually receeding but the road is still cut off.

The interesting thing about all this problem with flooding that we have had is that the end result is a very picturesque Gotesti as you can see.

So much so that the government is considering proposals, of rather than draining the water leaving it to remain as a reservoir.

Seems like it would make a nice tourist spot to me.

Pastor Mark