Drilling water wells is muddy, greasy work...
That's why we wore our rubber boots.
Dave and Sarah ride in traditional El Salvador style to our work site, a small village called Campenaro Numero Dos about 25 minutes from Acajutla.
Drilling on our first well in Campenaro Numero Dos. This was noisy, dusty air-hammer drilling.
At our first well, we hit water the first day! I was drilling when we hit mud in the morning, and Dave was at the helm when the water really began to flow. We drilled to a depth of 90 feet. Here Enrique, the Salvadoran head driller, ducks from the spray of water that came after checking the recharge rate.
Brandon Baca, our Living Water International team leader from Huston, displays just how muddy this drilling business can be. Nice shirt, Brandon!
Brandon and Jorge Ceren Ramos, the village leader for Campenaro Numero Dos, set the foundation for the well.
Barb, me and Sarah: Hard-working gals slopping mud at our second drill site, an even poorer village called San Juan.
I'm moving cuttings from the drill bit down the mud trench to keep the borehole clean.
Mud drilling at our second well site in San Juan. I enjoyed how interactive mud drilling was. It seemed like everyone had a job to do. Even so, we were not able to hit water here. Two teams had already tried before us and we also left the villagers without clean water. Please pray a team hits water soon!
The well at Campenaro Numero Dos is ready for the pump to be installed.
That is one big wrench! I'm screwing pipes together as we lower them into the well.
Barb working the wrench action.
Nelson, the Salvadoran assistant driller, works with Ali (left), Sarah (behind Ali) and Dave (right) to lower pipes into the well.
Our completed well at Campenaro Numero Dos. Now the villagers won't have to walk 2 kilometers carrying heavy water jugs every day. A well costs about $5,000 to build. This one was funded by the Larson family from Texas.
Drilling water wells is muddy, greasy work...
That's why we wore our rubber boots.
Dave and Sarah ride in traditional El Salvador style to our work site, a small village called Campenaro Numero Dos about 25 minutes from Acajutla.
Drilling on our first well in Campenaro Numero Dos. This was noisy, dusty air-hammer drilling.
At our first well, we hit water the first day! I was drilling when we hit mud in the morning, and Dave was at the helm when the water really began to flow. We drilled to a depth of 90 feet. Here Enrique, the Salvadoran head driller, ducks from the spray of water that came after checking the recharge rate.
Brandon Baca, our Living Water International team leader from Huston, displays just how muddy this drilling business can be. Nice shirt, Brandon!
Brandon and Jorge Ceren Ramos, the village leader for Campenaro Numero Dos, set the foundation for the well.
Barb, me and Sarah: Hard-working gals slopping mud at our second drill site, an even poorer village called San Juan.
I'm moving cuttings from the drill bit down the mud trench to keep the borehole clean.
Mud drilling at our second well site in San Juan. I enjoyed how interactive mud drilling was. It seemed like everyone had a job to do. Even so, we were not able to hit water here. Two teams had already tried before us and we also left the villagers without clean water. Please pray a team hits water soon!
The well at Campenaro Numero Dos is ready for the pump to be installed.
That is one big wrench! I'm screwing pipes together as we lower them into the well.
Barb working the wrench action.
Nelson, the Salvadoran assistant driller, works with Ali (left), Sarah (behind Ali) and Dave (right) to lower pipes into the well.
Our completed well at Campenaro Numero Dos. Now the villagers won't have to walk 2 kilometers carrying heavy water jugs every day. A well costs about $5,000 to build. This one was funded by the Larson family from Texas.
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