Yesterday Robby, Edgar, Ramiro, and Pastor Mario met with the mayor of Magdalena's assistant and the municipality's engineer. They had expected to receive the final approval for the water project in El Gorrion. There are existing pipes that cross thirteen different properties. We were told that we could use these existing pipes to bring pure water to the small town of El Gorrion. Yesterday, however, we were told that several of the land owners wanted money. Edgar explained that we only have the money to complete the construction of this project and not for paying easements to the property owners. Clearly the land owners don't want the project completed because ten of them showed up with machetes while they were meeting at the water site.
Today Robby, Edgar, and Ramiro went back to explore another alternative to bringing clean water to El Gorrion. This option would allow us to run new pipes through the municipality of San Miguel and not have to deal with individual property owners. They checked the elevations of different points along the proposed pathway and this is feaseable, but they need to check how much pipe is needed because we would be using more with this option.
Please continue to keep us in your prayers.
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