http://guatemala08.homedns.org Living Water for the people of Guazacapán Wed, 28 May 2008 18:06:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Friday of any installation is usually rest and relaxation day for the team, and so we took the opportunity to travel from Guatemala City to Antigua.  Quick history lesson, founded by the Spanish in 1543, Antigua served as the seat of Spanish colonial government for the Kingdom of Guatemala.  ... http://guatemala08.homedns.org/?p=17 Thursday was interesting.  We started out the day a little later than usually, since we had to arrange for our transportation back to Guatemala City that night - assuming that the water system actually got finished and worked.  Once at the site, we began to add water and pressure to ... http://guatemala08.homedns.org/?p=15 Man, was it hot today, and I spent most of it on the roof with the unhindered sun baking my Irish skin; how does that always happen?  Day Two is when the construction team usually makes most of their progress.  By this point in the trip, we usually have all ... http://guatemala08.homedns.org/?p=12 If you had issues with viewing the pictures, try again.  The files were too big, rookie mistake. http://guatemala08.homedns.org/?p=10 Ah, what a day this was going to be.  The weather was warm but dry, the team was assembled, the plans were made, the site prepared, lets get busy making clean water.  But wait, we have no pipe?  We have no electrical wire.  We have no filters?  So the only ... http://guatemala08.homedns.org/?p=8 As I write this the temperature is about 90° F with high humidity.  It is hard to believe that I sat for an hour on a Louisville runway this morning waiting for the de-icing truck. The trip to Guatemala was easy, and I meet up with the other TEN team members ... http://guatemala08.homedns.org/?p=7