Saturday Drive

On Saturday we had the opportunity to take a trip to Bromadero, one of the towns we will be working in. The community (with the help of MCC and ASO-FENIX, the organization we will be working with) completed a solar powered water pump to provide water for the community for the first time. Before this point, the women had to walk 45 min. one way during the dry season to get water. We will be coming in after this to help them learn to make the best of the new water they have with health techniques (hand washing, cleaning food), community gardens, and reforestation (many of the trees around the communities have been cut down for firewood, leaving the hills largely barren). Bromadero is only 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Teustepe, but because of the roads it took us 45 min (think of real bad forest service roads in the states). Believe it or there is a bus (old US yellow school bus) that goes up and down the road each day, I couldn't imagine the road during the rainy season. We were very excited to meet some of the people we will be working with, and the Bromadero is about 10 to 15 degrees cooler than Managua. It looks like we will get a house in Teustepe, but will have the option to spend some of the week nights in the MCC house in Bromadero. Which will save us the trip, which will be especially nice when I have to start work at 5am, oh the life of a farmer.