Last Week in Panama
Closing off my three months in Panama is sad, but I am looking forward to going home to see my family … More Last Week in Panama
Closing off my three months in Panama is sad, but I am looking forward to going home to see my family … More Last Week in Panama
Leaving a community doesn’t get easier the more often you do it… … More “We will remember you…when we use our toilets”
Leave it to me to get into a mess like this… … More A Day in the Life…
I bet if I looked back at all my blog posts, a high percentage would start out with some variation of “sorry it has taken me so long to write…” 🙂 I did not intend to be Stateside so long after the holidays, but our project to Haiti, originally slated for January, was postponed to … More I should be in Haiti right now, but I’m in chilly NJ!
It has been nearly a week since I left Panama. It was a long and difficult project, but the outcome was good. A well was drilled on Isla Tigre, a toilet installed for Simon, a pump repaired for Viviana’s community well and the 2,400′ pipeline bringing water to the school and mangrove houses was … More Panama Mud
After the storm cleared up, we went back to the site to assemble the piping between the septic tank and leach barrel. Â I told Jess and Pat it would take about 35 minutes to complete….nearly 4 hours later, we finally made it home. Â The mud was so sticky, thick and difficult to walk in that … More stuck…Stuck…STUCK!