CONGREGATIONS IN MISSION
Clean Water Project brings new wells to Nicaragua Chuck Nienow and Esther Tesh, Coordina-
tors for the Clean Water Project, traveled to Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua in January of this year and again in March. The project to bring clean water to remote areas of Nicaragua continues: a well-drilling machine will be replaced with a new one; plans are in place to drill new wells in more remote areas and into villages along the Rio Coco and soon rope pumps will be used on wells in the rural areas. Prior to our travel to Nicaragua in January, Sister Amalia Bell, director of the Institute for Social Development of the Moravian Church in Nicaragua (ADSIM), had informed us that the team was having problems with the welldrilling machine. We found that it did not run properly and as the mechanic worked, it be-
Esther Tesch and Chuck Nienow are members of Friedberg Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, N.C. July/August 2012
came obvious that some parts on the machine were badly worn and could not be repaired. The worn parts were removed and we carried those parts with us as we returned to the U.S. We wanted to be sure to purchase correct replacement parts. In March we returned to Nicaragua with (continued on next page)
A rope pump allows water to be raised without electricity.