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Water for Life International by Jon Hansen, Submitted by Tim Rasmussen Dear Gary and Water for Life, greetings from Guatemala: We have a beautiful day here, similar to the Pacific Northwest. Chris loves it. It’s overcast, with a little rain and about 70ish. On Sunday, Edgar and Joshua showed up to work on the equipment. There are lots of things for them to do. The radiator is off the Olson rig and it is about the ugliest one I have ever seen. It is surpris- ing it worked as long as it did. There are lots of missing areas and many small leaks. Back home in the U.S., we would junk it, but I imagine they can make some magic here to get it to work. They always do. All the wheels are off the truck, and brake shoes need replacing. I would also question the driver’s side drum at the very least. Edgar got the two-speed rear end working (some wires were loose). When Edgar was working on “La Beasta” (the big ‘78 Chevy), he found the spring in the rear end for the two-speed return position was out of adjustment. He corrected it, and it is working fine. I drove it to his shop yesterday for the other items (leaky fuel pump, passenger-side dual leaking brake fluid, something else to do with the engine, and a few other minor things.) I replaced the red Ford ignition lock, so it’s good. The well at Jimmy’s school is doing fine. They have run it steadily for 2 to 3 days at 30 gallons per minute (gpm) to fill the fishponds. There was very little drawdown, maybe 3 feet at the most. We will see how the next 3 months go as far as static water level. We stopped by the gas station near the Y to San Francisco where the San Benito drilling crew was installing a well. They went to 600 feet with a 12-inch hole, 8-inch casing installed. Last Thursday, the drill operator was waiting for the test pump to show up, he thought it might make up to 300 gpm. There were two other rotaries on the San Francisco road, looks like they are drilling with mud; go to 500 to 600 feet and take all that is there. Chris and I spent a couple of days helping paint the inside of Edgar and Beatriz's home. It was pretty dark; now it is pretty light. We have the shop fairly orderly, yet there is always more to do. If you would like to help, contact Gary Bartholomew at 509-466-5075 or 509-939-1941 Tim Tim Rasmussen may be contacted via e-mail to michele@worldwidedrillingresource.com )0&"%1 "6)&4 ,, ,, 2)&0 -%3120*"+ )0&"%1 "-% 312., )0&"%1 "-3'"$230&0 .' -&02*" !&+%&% 0*++ */& 3"+ !"++ 0*++ */& !*0&+*-& 0*++ .% "1*-( .,/.1*2& !*0&+*-& 0*++ .%1 .-*$ 0*++ */& "1*-( *21 &0$311*.- "1*-( *21 0*++ .++"01 *1)*-( ..+1 3#1 2"02&0 .%1 "-% 2"#*+*7&01 0*++ */& -$ )*0% 2 8 !*-12&% ).-& 8 8 "5 2., %0*++/*/&*-$ $., 8 444 %0*++/*/&*-$ $., 50 AUGUST 2016 WorldWide Drilling Resource ®