Manguito/Joconalis update

Well I made another trip, my last trip to Manguito for this year and installed 3 more filters. Manguito is the village where we have to carry everything on foot or horseback to the houses where we are going to install the filters. We got there earlier in the morning this time so we would have time to carry and install more than just one filter. When we got there we were a little worried because the filters were not where we had left them. We asked around the community and they told us that the men in the village had already moved the filters to the homes where they needed to be instaled. That was a huge blessing becuase we were able to instal 4 filters that day to finish up the village of Manguito.

The next day we made another "last" trip to Joconalis because the pastor said the families that have the water filters wanted to show their appreciation for them. We arrived there and there were each of the families that had received a filter their to greet me and tell me wow it has changed their lives. It really meant alot to be that there were men who did not go out to the fields to work that day but stayed at the church to thank you and me for the filters. Then when i thought that we were about to go, the pastor stood up and told said that they had something for me. He pulled out a certificate in which all of the owners of the filters pitched in to buy. That meant more than anything.

I will try to put more pictures of the manguito trip as well as the trip to Joconalis later on.