Friday was a day of contrasts. On the one hand, the issues with the town water committee continued while, on the other hand, we officially dedicated the new water filtration system and toasted with clean, safe drinking water.
The Puerto Grande town water committee has not given anyone in the town water since last Thursday,
January 3. As a result many people in the town do not have any water in their homes. To further exacerbate the issue, over night the town water committee disconnected the connection we had made from the newly installed water filtration system to the water main. It was considered the wrong type of line and is therefore under review. There are two people on this elected committee holding the power. Words comes to mind to describe these people, such as bully, tyrant, politician...etc.
However they are the ones who will have egg on their faces!
While the convenience of a town water line would be fine, we only require a water source to create clean safe drinking water. In the meantime, the newly trained operators will continue with the same method we used over the past week to get water to the filtration system - by driving to the river with large barrels, filling them, returning to the water filtration shed, and then using buckets to supply the system and provide safe drinking water.
These issues were more than offset by the dedication and the ceremony to officially open the operational water filtration system. All done in true Puerto Grande style with praise, songs, bands, and certificates. It was a very happy occasion.
We arrived last Sunday, January 6, and I said that by the end of the week we would become a bigger family, and so it was. After the dedication we had a brief time of hugging and thanking all of them. We came into their lives and we are changed forever. 'till we meet again.
We return to the capital, Tegucigalpa (or Tegus for short), on Saturday morning for our flights back home.
We are sending our in country LWW technician Olvin and Melvin back to Puerto Grande in three weeks to see how the new water saints are coming along.
See below for some photos of the celebration.
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| A toast to clean water |
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| Pastor Posada asks us to toast |
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| Cutting the ribbon |
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| Pastor Posada & Melvin at dedication |
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| Pastor Richard from KHISH medical team |
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| David handing our certificates to Trained operator |
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| David with the trained operators |
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| Leigh at dedication ceremony |
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| Thumbs up, a job well done! |
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| Right hand to the heaven, left hand to the building |
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| Tinto singing |
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| The word is out - we have clean water |
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| Leigh giving certificates |
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