Water, water everywhere

When Abraham’s servant arrived in the town of Nahor, a young woman named Rebekah offered to give him a drink of water. When he had finished drinking, Rebekah said, ‘I’ll water your camels, too.’ We are told that she ‘quickly’ emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well. It all sounds fairly unremarkable, until you read between the lines: one gallon of water weighs eight pounds. A thirsty camel can drink up to thirty gallons of water and there were ten camels. Do the maths. Rebekah is drawing three hundred gallons of water for a stranger. She does all that could be reasonably expected of her—and then some. This was a pivotal moment in her life. Because of her act of service, Rebekah became the wife of Isaac and went on to the adventure of a lifetime, becoming part of sacred history. To this day, her name is remembered and revered by people of faith. Rebekah did not know all that was at stake that day. She did not offer to draw three hundred gallons of water because she knew what the reward could be. It was simply an expression of her heart. Rebekah proved the truth of Scripture: ‘Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper’ (Proverbs 13:4 NLT). Where did we get the idea that it is wrong to give, expecting a return, or serve, expecting a reward? Certainly not from the Bible! Some of our rewards will come in this lifetime, others in the next one. But, ‘You know that the Lord will reward everyone for whatever good he does’ (Ephesians 6:8 NIV). 
Taken from http://www.ucb.co.uk/word-for-today-24091.html published 21 May 2014

Oh, wow, think about it, Rebekah worked so hard. This story got a different meaning for me, when we stayed in the North. We ran out of water, it hadn't rained for a day or two, the barrels were empty. All what they had in Rebekahs days were camels, so we had it quite easy. We put them into the back of the pick-up and drove to a water well, the barrel itself was heavy. Many people were already there, this is definitely a meeting place. Sorry, I don't have any pictures of that particular well. It took as at least 1 1/2 hours to fill the barrels. But what happened back at the house? How did we get them off? Yes, we needed to scoop the water out, bucket by bucket. It was a good work out, scooping roughly 220 gallon of water and carrying them up the stairs - not as much as Rebekah, though.

205 liters ( roughly 55 US gallons) fit in one of these barrels. 

Every pot, container gets used. Anything which can be filled and has a lid to cover it, so mosquito's can't bread. 

Water, water everywhere. 

This is a different well, it wasn't as busy. Also it had a push tap, which made it so much easier to fill the buckets. No physical labour.