Up until last week, our old "septic system" consisted of about 6 very deep holes scattered around the clinic. Well, as you may remember, we finally ran out of space in those holes a week after the preschool opened last January (picture this: "Yeah kids!!! Welcome to preschool. Just a quick note before we start learning, please don't play in the human waste. Not pretty). Anyway, with lots of hard work and generous donations from churches in the States, we've now installed a brand-new Water/Waste Treatment System (they don't like for me to call it a septic system, which of course it is.)
What started as nothing more than another hole on clinic grounds...
...became a fully-functioning Water/Waste Treatment System!
Now somebody go flush a toilet and let's see if this thing works.
While the youth did all the grunt work (yes, we did bust one of the septic lines while digging - dinner's on!), the adult chaperones got freaky with the preschool kids. 
The thing that got us in this mess (pun intended) in the first place, was the fact that not many of our Mayan patients at the clinic know how to properly use a toilet. How would you if you didn't grow up using one or have one at home? Needless to say, a lot of "foreign objects," including newspaper and other items get flushed down our commodes. Thanks to some artsy Texas teens, we tried to educate the public (see above.)
Here's the proud artist next to her "community education" paintings. Beware, #2 is kind of graphic.I never thought I'd say this, but it's a huge blessing to be able to flush a toilet without fear.
God Bless Texas!
Peace,
Jay
No comments:
Post a Comment