A couple of months ago, they were asked by the organization Compassion UK to help distribute 1,000 water filters throughout Guatemala. The church asked for volunteers and I signed up. They split the volunteers into four different groups and I was assigned to the fourth and final trip. Thankfully I was able to take those days off work.
This past Monday we traveled about 6 hours away to north-western Guatemala, up towards the Mexican border. It was a three-day trip and we delivered over 300 water filters to Compassion families. (some pictures by me, some by others in the group)
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| Our trucks and the group |
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| Passing through Market Day in a small town |
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| The first project we visited was near the city of Huehuetenango. We met the district supervisor here and he lead us to Suculque. This was a little village an hour drive up the mountain, with very narrow dirt roads. |
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| An adobe house |
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| Coming up to the center. |
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| Unloading the buckets. Each family that received a water filter also got 2 buckets. |
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| First the pastor spoke to the families. Then our pastor demonstrated the filters. |
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| The families received clean water to drink and heard about Jesus, the Living Water. |
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| Setting up the rooms |
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| The little boy in red (waving at the camera)'s name was Erlin. He wasn't quite sure how to take it when I told him his name was very close to mine :) |
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