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Our team will return to Peru in May
to install our third system at a church in
Ayacucho, follow up with our operating
partners, and continue exploring new
sites. Our team also hopes to solidify a
covenant relationship between SGP and
the Synod of Ayacucho.
The Rev. Cyndie Crowell of Azusa, Calif., is
a member of the San Gabriel Presbytery LWW
team.
Partners from San Gabriel Presbytery and The Synod of Aya-
cucho celebrate the frst drink of clean water in Maynay, Peru,
with PCUSA Mission Co-Worker Rusty Edmondson (second
from left).
The lessons learned in Peru keep on coming
By CYNDIE CROWELL
On San Gabriel Presbytery’s fourth
trip to the Central Highlands of the
Peruvian Andes, our LWW team com-
pleted two installations … and learned
a lot.
We have experienced the grace of God
through listening to and sharing sto-
ries. We have learned by experience that
things don’t necessarily happen the way
they have been planned. The word “per-
haps” has become an important part
of our vocabulary. We have many new
friends.
Many people of this region of Peru,
which includes indigenous Quechua
speakers, have experienced war and have
hepatitis due to untreated drinking wa-
ter and poor hygiene combined.
So, while leaders of the Synod of Ay-
acucho of the Evangelical Reformed
Presbyterian Church of Peru have been
instrumental in assisting our team in
identifying communities most in need
of LWW installations, we have found im-
portant aspects of our role as initiating
partners to be building trust and true
partnerships between our team and
our Peruvian brothers and sisters.
We have also experienced and learned
from some problems. Shortly after we
returned to California from our No-
vember installation trip, the control
unit on one system’s UV light burned
out in a lightning storm. The problem
is resolved, and we will include a surge
protector in all future installations.
By ASHLEY BROADHURST
Two years ago, on January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude
earthquake struck the heartland of Haiti. Within two
seconds, life for every single person on the peninsula
changed.
Hundreds of thousands perished and nearly a mil-
lion people were displaced from their homes. Shock,
hunger, and cholera outbreaks followed.
Now, two years later, life is improving in Haiti. Rub-
ble has been cleared. Tent cities are less populated.
The signs of building and growth are evident on ev-
ery corner. A new government is in place with hefty
promises. Neighboring countries are actively support-
ing projects and growth for the Haitian people. And
Living Waters for the World is in the midst of it all.
Within two years, the Haiti Network has exploded
with activity. Initiating partners are focking to Haiti
weekly to install new systems. Survey teams are fnd-
ing potential sites in epic proportions. More than 50
clean water systems have been installed, and eighteen
of those are solar-powered by Solar Under the Sun
teams.
Our in-country technicians,Valdes Innocent andBer-
tone Kercelin, are continuing to cultivate relationships
with partners and train capable operators. The second
annual Operators Conference will take place at the end
of February, and close to 100 participants are expected.
As of the end of January, the LWW warehouse is fully
stocked and functioning for replacement parts with a
new warehouse manager, Sonie Florial.
With so much being accomplished in just two years,
the bar has been set high for 2012 – both for Living Wa-
ters and for Haiti. With God’s blessings and the support
of our many partners, may the clean water fow for all
of God’s children in Haiti!
Ashley Broadhurst of Las Vegas, Nev., is LWW’s Haiti Net-
work coordinator and also Solar Under the Sun administrator for the
PCUSA Synod of the Sun.
Haiti two years later:What a change
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