My trip to Guatemala with Healing Waters was my first time visiting the field with the organization, and I carried a quiet mix of anticipation, gratitude, and nervous energy as I prepared to go. I had traveled to the developing world before, but it had been a while. There is always something sacred and unsettling…
“If it doesn’t rain, we will die.” When Maria said this, she wasn’t exaggerating. She was describing what life is like in Cipresales. Her home is filled with containers: buckets, barrels, anything that can hold water. Like many families in the community, they depend almost entirely on rainwater. When it rains, they collect as much as they…