Woke this morning to noisy rufous-naped wrens outside the window. For small birds they make a racket.. Left for Moroceli about 7:30 this morning (Thursday, Oct. 1) and arrived to find the rig idle. Water was the problem drilling for water. To back up a couple of days, when I got to Moroceli Monday, I found Rev. Carlos standing by the pila (water tank) in the church yard. Water from flowing in from the municipal water system, which water comes from the rivers and creeks nearby. My pint is, if I have one, is the Rev. Carlos said that there had been no water for three weeks, and it started flowing about an hour before I got there. Delivery of this dirty surface water is very spotty even in the summer rainy season, and often non-existent in the dry season. This morning, there was no water in the pila, and none flowing. So, the team had to fill up huge plastic water tanks and transport them from the river. Nobody said it was going to be easy.
Rather than watch the idle rig, I went to Danli, met up with Jeannie Loving and loaded up 40 bags of food and forty bags of hygiene necessities, for San Lorenzo. Also three bags of cement for the park under construction in San Lorenzo. They may not have any food, and the well doesn’t work, but they are going to have a fine park for the children. San Lorenzo is a terribly poor village of 40 families. In August, 2008, a tropical storm parked over Honduras for several days, and washed away all the crops in San Lorenzo and other communities. The people survived only by the efforts of charitable organizations. This year, the Texas Water Ministry donated $1000 of seed corn, and the people of San Lorenzo are eating a lot of corn these days thanks to a bumper crop.
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A bag of food, rice, beans, etc. costs 127.5L., $6 at $18.5L to the dollar. A week’s worth of food maybe for a family of 4. Another ministry for my Council in Lakeland. We buy it, we can get it delivered to Moroceli. The food is purchased from Sami, a Palestinian Christian who has several business in Danli. Sami gives a large discount on the food, and packages it for free.
Here are some kids from San Lorenzo.
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During our trip to Honduras in April, we visited San Lorenzo and I put a pic in this blog of a young girl carrying water. I commented that she was either pregnant or maybe had some other problem, such as worms. She is not pregnant, the picture on the right below is today, left in April. She has a problem of some sort, and her parents will not take her to the doctor, probably because they cannot afford it. I’d love to find the money to get an exam and help the young lady find and cure her problem.
Back to business, I returned to Moroceli, and they were drilling with mud.
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New work on the templo:
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They hit rock at 170 feet, and pulled back Thursday afternoon. Friday morning, they loaded the diamond drill and tried getting through the rock. that was the status when I left about 10:30 AM Friday. My next entry will update the status.
Yes, Wes, it’s the same girl.
Also, FYI, the place where the water ministry stores its stuff is called El Galpon. It means the chicken coop. Last time I checked a capon was a gelded chicken!