I am venturing out to create my first blog to tell the story of the 2010 service project of The Union Church of Waban through my eyes and others in our group.
My first service project was traveling to Nicaragua in February 2008 where the Union Church had already completed 3 successful projects in the area. I got to know the incredible experience of helping others in another part of the world which was quite different from where I grew up in America. The needs of the people in this poor Central American Country were far different than many of the needs of the needy here in the US. High priorities are clean water, better sanitary conditions and enough food. The 2008 project in Ojachal consisted of installing a solar powered water pump, water purification system and piping to deliver the clean water to the school and to all the houses along the ½ mile road. Our group of 28 worked hard to complete the project and it is something we are all proud of;
(Press arrow to play for our 2008 Video)
In the fall of 2008 Tom and I became the co-leaders of the Nicaragua Outreach Committee at the Union Church and so our quest began to select a project for the 2010 trip.
