Water Filters for San Jose El Carmen

Eleven (11) years ago a Mam community (Mayans)was relocated to a new village in San Jose El Carmen, Patulul, Suchitepequez, Guatemala. These folks fled to Mexico during the civil war in Guatemala; and when they return to their land in northern Guatemala after the war they found that their homes were gone or occupied by others. The Guatemalan government resettled this group in El Carmen.

The Central American (CA) church in San Antonio Agua Calientes has constructed a home for a pastor for in El Carmen with the hopes of re-establishing a CA church in the village.

Sunday, August 17, 2008, Forrest accompanied CAM missionaries, Neil and Diana Thomas, and a large group from the San Antonio CA church to host a medical clinic and to install a water filter in the homes of one of the church members. The San Antonio church would like to start a water filter project in El Carmen. Please pray for funds to launch this project.

See photos and descriptions below:

Forrest helping with planning and describing water filters to Maynor (Dr.) and his wife.

The road into El Carmen was horrible and difficult for a two wheel drive vehicle, but we made into the village.

Installation of water filter in El Carmen

Ladies from San Antonio preparing lunch for the team. An amiga from Santiago Zamora, Florencia (middle back), and her daughter Rosalina were part of the team.