El Esfuerso Water Locate

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These pictures are from a village we located water for. The name of this village is El Esfuerso and it is located 30 minutes from our home down a typical mud/gravel road. We have some friends over at Compelling Love Ministries who have been working with this village for a while now. One of the projects at hand is drilling a well that produces enough water for the whole community.    

                                          Above: Some of the men from the village helping
                                          set up for our survey.
                                          Below: Collection of raw data

                                              Above: A path up to a church

                                                  Every one is always interested in what is
                                                  going on. It's normal for half the village
                                                  to show up and watch us

                                          These food pictures are from the meal that the
                                          elders of this village provided us after finishing
                                          our day's work. It's always a privilege to share
                                          a meal with these men and women.
                                         

          There is always groups of people in each village who don't really want us there. For the most part once they realize that we're not charging money and we really just want to help they lighten up. not always but most the time. For the record we only go to villages and communities that ask us to come. We do not just randomly show up. That would be potentially dangerous.

          Many of these villages have been taken advantage of by various organizations. Swindled out of their money, money they didn't have to start with. when we go into a community like El Esfuerso it is important to us that we leave them with single truth. That truth is that God cares that they have clean water, and there is many people who have come together to be here for them. The impact of this truth is a hope in the promises of God. This hope is priceless.

          Thank you everyone who has helped make this happen! Many people will be impacted with safe clean drinking water through this project.