Drop a pebble in the water watch its ripples grow. What is the effect of truly caring. It is true that when we look at the big picture it looks hopeless but what would happen if we all started to act like we really cared and loved our nieghbor. Former home of El Tiempo Ha Venido- The time has come.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Last year Chel turned on their lights for the first time. The community supplied the labor to build and mantain this small dam. It produces enough electricity for six communities and at this time provides electricity for three. The swim was very welcome as I had another fever. Martin, who is looking down at the dam, told me that when he was 8 the army came to his village and his family fled for 10 years. He lived without enough food or clothes and at age 18 came to Chajul very sick. He was put in the hospital for a while but the doctors sent him home and told his family not to give him any more medicine he was going to die. He told me the church prayed for him and Jesus healed him. Now he is the pastor of one of the churches in Chel. It is common to be told "my father or brother was killed in the conflecto interno." Those that fled to the hills faced starvation and many died. The co-op for the dam had photos of the village carrying pipes, generators, turbines, and building the spillway all by hand. Given tools and peace, these people can help themselves
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