Blogging Guatemala: Jake checks in
Yesterday, first we went to a nearby dental clinic to build a pump house around a well head that was previously installed by a UMR team. The house looks wonderful although I am pretty sure it can be seen from outer space, as it is constucted entirely out of coregated metal roofing. We probably should have put a warning sign on it instructing not to look directly at it.
After that we returned to the hotel for a short rendezvous with the rest of the group. From there, one group went to Ruth and Naomis to explain the procedure for those using the filter system. The rest of us went to the Bombaros to shake down and test the disinfecting system. It was our hope that we would also be able to explain the the system to the fire chief. However, he was on Guatemalan time and we weren't able to do that when we wanted.
So at four we went to the orphanage and toured it. Which was nice. Then we finally made contact with the fire chief and went to meet with him and request that he perform testing for us. This actually went pretty well. Then we returned to the hotel and wrote up testing procedures for both intallation locations to be traslated to Spanish.
Jake

