When Jessica and I were here two years ago, we visited a human settlement in one of the fringe areas in the south cone. As we have said, these areas have no water or sewer. In the human settlement I visited Friday (see Friday's post), the government is just now installing water and sewer piping to each house - after 10 years, according to a resident. But like I have described in the past, without running water, the residents keep their water in a big “garbage can” in front of their house. But my question for two years has been, “How do they get water?” I got to see today. A big truck comes and fills the barrels and the residents pay the truck. From what I hear, the truck comes out to the community twice a week. In some of the south cone areas, the streets are not wide enough or too sandy and unstable for the trucks, so there is just a big barrel at the end of each block that the residents share and pitch in money. This is so amazing to me. If you remember, we were without water for two days in Costa Rica, though we were able to collect rainwater everyday, and we still totally felt as if we were suffering.
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We just don't know how good we have it huh? We are praying for this people group that soon they will receive Living Water.
And tonight here I was frustrated because the water pressure wasn't so good because the washing machine was running. We take soooo much for granted. And really all that matters is that we know Jesus Christ. Thank you guys for surrendering your hearts and lives to take the most precious gift to these people!!!
We love you all!!!
Overwhelming. I cannot beleive how very spoiled and blessed we are. We take so much for granted. The pictures tell such a story -- an unbelievable story!
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