LIfe Water

David has an amazing ability to communicate. He can speak 3 languages. The other guy in the back could speak Spanish but because Musco is his native tongue David could jump right in with his native language. Talk about breaking down barriers and sharing God's love. A lot of people in Mexico have never even heard of Musco unless they have lived with a Musco village near by.
This is David, Pati, and I post pumpkin dessert. So good. I think that is why we are so happy. But are you surprised pastries and pies bring people together. It's what makes the world go round.

So this is the reason David came down this week. It wasn't to encourage me and talk about dirt and eat dessert. Sorry, I know that is what you were all thinking because my blog hasn't give to much information about why he's really here. For all you Good Shepherd people that feel like your getting overloaded with Advent Conspiracy, here is just one more added plug that may change you mind. If you don't know what Advent Conspiracy is all about then check out the website and watch the video. http://www.adventconspiracy.org/ This is the website address, you can just click and go straight to it. My next story won't be the exact example of what Advent Conspiracy is all about but it will give you an idea of the value of water. People in America don't really tend to think about water the same way the world thinks about water. I've learned alot about what clean and safe water means to a community. For the last 3 month I've been here I've take the responsibily of getting water for the Wood's and I. When I first came down I was more than happy to do this job. They've maybe gone to get water a hand full of times in that last 3 month because I wanted to try and remove a burden. Lugging around 6 or 7, 4 gallon jugges once a week seemed like it would be a annoyance. It was for me, I much rather prefer water that come straight out of the tap.

But that is exactly why David is here. He came to help translate and get thing moving for a group that was coming down to install a water purification system. They don't need to drill a well they have the water supply in the village they just don't have anything to properly clean the water. Using Iodine is expensive and isn't good for long term health. Our water purification system is actually broken at the moment so I've had to run in to town every week to get water refills. But this is where things get tricky. The people who have the water purification system have one of the only clean purification centers in town. So they have control over pricing. 2 weeks ago I was charged 46 Pesos for 5 jugs. Yesterday they tried to charge me 56 Pesos for 5 jugs. You can only imagine what type of balancing act everyone else goes through to get water. That was without the delivery fee because we have a car to do pick ups. Just think of what people may be getting charged for delivery. Last week I didn't have time to get the water until Sunday so I had to splurge and pay for water off a delivery truck. I was charged 10 Pesos for 1 jug. Barb said that last time she bought water off a delivery truck she payed 12 Pesos. That may seem like nickels and dimes put that how prices fluxuate. Depending on the driver and the deal he got at the purification center. It's all a crazy game and can really strangle peoples budgets when dealing with price fluxuations and a semi-monopoly on the water market. The school that I teach at has a water purification system but it's not function at the moment. Water really is a key lossening the burden of life. By lossening the burden of this Musco community ministries can continue to bring the living water of Christ. This is just one way of getting peoples minds of the pleasures and burdens of life here so that they can focus on the importance of a future home. I think you know what I mean.....HEAVEN........ wate