operation guatemala update

A village near the drill site

 Some of you may know we have focused some of our past projects on the on-going water crisis in the world, the children were so inspired by everything they learned they raised  $850 to send Paul Lopez (Ella & Livia's daddy) to Guatemala to help build a well with Living Water International. Here are the links to some of the previous posts to refresh your memory...

http://littlewondersschool-pre-k.blogspot.com/2010/04/water-in-africa.html
http://littlewondersschool-pre-k.blogspot.com/2010/05/our-african-village.html
http://littlewondersschool-pre-k.blogspot.com/2010/06/making-difference.html
http://littlewondersschool-pre-k.blogspot.com/2010/07/operation-guatemala-bracelets.html

 Mr. Lopez flew out bright & early this last Saturday morning & had a smooth flight to Guatemala City. On Sunday they set out for Champerico which is about a 4 hour drive to the coast, due to the extensive rain it took them over 6 hours to get there. Yesterday was their first day in the village they're actually building the well in, it's about 45 mins away from Champerico, so it's kinda of like driving from Sugar Land to Galveston everyday. When they got to the village they were greeted by the mayor, water committee, teachers & all the people of the village who told them how grateful they are that they are building a well for their people. Yesterday was the first day that it hadn't rained in a long time & the team took advantage of it & drilled down 145 feet...that is AWESOME for the first day!!! So if it rains today, they'll be ahead of schedule & there wont be to much pressure. For lunch yesterday they ate scrambled eggs with black beans & corn tortillas, everyone was in awe watching the women of the village making these corn tortillas right in front of them. One thing Mr. Lopez can't get over is watching these families bathe & wash their clothes in their filthy river, you watch these things on tv, but to see them in person is really difficult to see. Whole families (up to 5 people) riding on scooters with the baby riding on the gas tank, it is an eye opener of how fortunate we are. So far he has taken about 500 pictures but with all the rain & flooding the internet is down, so we have only gotten a few pictures, we'll be sharing more as soon as we can. We're so happy to be able to help with the water crisis & we want to say thank you to all who helped make this possible!!



Paul & 3 school boys

Paul, Ella & Livia