Drinking water from the ocean and more.

We have good news! Yes we have the desalinization machine here and running.
  It has been a long process, and there has been a lot of learning involved. We have now imported our first piece of machinery into Colombia. This was quite a job in itself.  We have learned what the desalinization process is, getting the pressures right, water quality. I didn't realize how much work goes into potable water.

 This week we finished setting up the tanks and piping, and we are getting ready to make it more available to the locals. You think this would be easy, but the people are very skeptical of new things. The next step is training the locals about the water and advantages of pure water over contaminated water. Some in our barrio are excited for this, others are afraid and think that it is impossible to drink water from the ocean. We have been using the water for about two weeks now, and it is great to  have water when we need it.

 The next step is to get a permanent place for the machine. The plan we have is to build a house on a lot near the ocean so that we can get more water and sell more due to a better location. We have a lot, but we need to put the building on it now. This will provide Luis and Adriana with a home, but will also be the site for the water machine. Lord willing, this will keep us busy for the near future.
 If you would like to help in this next step let us know. The cost of the house will be about 6.000 dollars to get it livable for Luis and his family. This will be a multi-benefit project. It will provide living space, the desal machine storage, and central location for distributing the water.
 This is a new addition to the project, but it is necessary. We weren't initially planning on building more, but the necessity to operate the in the most efficient and best manner requires that we include this.  Pray we can get this under way quickly because we are running out of water quickly for the neighbors!

 Other news, we have a new neighbor, they are building a house next to ours. We have advanced a bit on the second floor in between the setting up of the machine.

The new owners are the couple who are working at the YWAM clinic. The wife is a doctor, and the husband does media arts.

 The kids are busy doing school, and helping out whenever we have people here to stay with us. This month we have had Tara's brother, and the workers who were working on the neighbor's house staying in the apartment.

Tara and I went to Medellin to the year end reunion for "Snoot" and we were able to view the work done in this year and the plans for the following year.

The water program is one of the projects they support, and they bring a team to Bocachica each year. We were blessed to spend this time with them.







Thanks for your prayers and support to our family. If you would like more information about our projects here in Bocachica or would like to support one of our projects please contact us at:

ariel.family.mission@gmail.com