The last few days in Honduras have been interesting, to say the least. On Monday the old president returned and all day Tuesday and most of Wednesday the entire nation was under curfew to prevent people from traveling to the capitol city.
Fortunately, the days off of work coincided perfectly with our community’s water project. Soon and very soon our barrio, Colonia Villa Verde, will have running water! This is no gift from the government; it is entirely a project of the people who live in the neighborhood. There’s a group of community leaders who started almost two years ago petitioning different organizations (such as Diaconia Nacional), as well as their own neighbors, for the money to put a tank, pump, and tubes in for the neighborhood. Bit by bit the tower for the tank was built. Last Tuesday was a national holiday, so people had the day off of work. They spent their time digging the trenches in front of their homes and community spaces for the pipes. Then, this week when we all had another surprise day off because of the curfew, the neighbors all set out to work again, this time laying the PVC pipes in the trenches and covering them back up. It has been amazing to see the community come together for the project. On work days you can see everyone out in the streets working for a total of about four square blocks—pure people with shovels and pickaxes! Everyone is there to work and encourage each other, young and old. 
While there’s plenty of disunity in the capitol, our neighborhood has shown what a little bit of working together can do. It’s encouragement we all need these days.
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