David and Nancy Slinde Speaking at their "Sending Service"

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Thursday 1/8

Rotary Project update from Wednesday

Nancy and I arrived at the sewer project in late morning. The 14 students and 60 community vounteers installed teh last of the plastic pipe they had on hand.

The trenching machine provided by the Mayor was taken off site to repair a water main break in the city of Nejapa.

The shipment of plastic pipe was being held at the border....not explanation given....makes you wonder if a bribe might help move this along.

The Rotary Club of San Salvador is holding up payments to our vendors citing some vague problem that needs to be revealed to us.

The volunteers are restless due to the lack of work and many took off from their jobs to participate.

The students engineers are starting contact with new vendors in the area to secure pipe for Thursday.

The volunteers have left the site. The students have crossed the pam american highway to to La Granja to work on some pre'trenching issues.

Welcome to El Salvador where the best planning can be tested by power and greed.

David and Nancy

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