Today Steve and I took a hike up the mountain to check on
the progress of the Water Project for Aldea Nueva. A couple of years ago a team
from Seminole visited the village and became aware of their need for water. The
only water available to the village was rainwater caught from the roof gutters.
That particular summer had been dry and the limited water they had was
contaminated with bugs and debris. FBC Seminole generously raised funds to
purchase rights to a water source several miles away on top of the mountain. The
water will be delivered to the village by gravity flow. Over the last two
years, the villagers have contributed manual labor to hand dig ditches and lay
pipe to connect the water source to their village. They plan to connect the new
water source to an existing junction box and pipe system on the mountain
already being used by another group of 5 villages and expand the system to pipe
it to 3 additional villages. The junction box is approximately 3 kilometers
from the village. We were able to drive part of the way and then Steve, Samuel,
4 men from the village and I walked over a mile (uphill) the rest of the way to
be able to see the progress of the project. As of today, the first phase has
been completed. The next step is to expand the junction box to include the 3
new villages. The men of the village have already worked approximately one
month to get the water to where it is now. They explained that it will take
them about two more weeks of work to dig the ditches and lay the pipe to their
village. Once it gets to the village it will fill a common water tank and will eventually
be piped to the individual homes. They send thanks for the prayers and
financial contributions of the church and stated they continue to have hope
because of our concern for them.
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