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Water for Life International by Tim Rasmussen Doyle’s Drive to Guatemala Part 2 The Guatemalan police officer who stopped Doyle Knight and his two traveling companions was all business. He requested the paper- work which showed they had passed inspection at the border, along with all the passports. He studied them for a couple of minutes. He was looking for an entry permit for the vehicle. Guatemala is fairly sensitive to the importation of vehicles. They prefer vehicles (and anything else for that matter) which can be purchased in Guatemala, be purchased in Guatemala. To encourage folks to comply with this rule, there is often an exorbitant fee for anyone who brings a vehicle into the country and who declares the vehicle will be sold or delivered to someone in Guatemala. The fees must be paid or the vehicle will be confiscated. This is what the officer wanted to check. Doyle was able to provide the proper paperwork which showed the fees had been paid at the border. The officer wanted to know about the truck and noticed it was to be left in Guatemala with Water For Life (WFL). He wanted to know what it was all about. Doyle told them he was a missionary and Water For Life worked to provide clean water in vil- lages with no water, and the truck was going to be used to help do this. The officer seemed to doubt Doyle was a missionary. He had seen missionaries from the states before. They were usually dressed well and in nice vehicles. They usually talked about converting Guatemalans to whatever religion they followed, and the vehicles were usually full of bibles and literature. None of this was present with these travelers. Doyle explained the focus of the mission of WFLwas just to bring clean water to people who had none, no matter what their religion. They were missionaries bringing life and health, not religion. Finally, the officer seemed satisfied with the paperwork and accepted what they said they were doing. Doyle waited for the dis- covery of a “problem” that would signal the start of the asking for money as it had in Mexico. The officer handed back all the paperwork and passports, stepped back and said, “Thank you for helping my people,” and turned away and walked back to his vehicle. Doyle’s anxiety faded as the officer left. They had made it into Guatemala! There were 4500 miles of travel behind them and just a few hours to our headquarters. This old truck, donated by WFL volunteer Bob Perry, was finally there and would soon be working to bring the blessing of pure, safe water to people who have none. Thank you to Doyle Knight and the many volunteers and donors who made this trip possible. Thank the Good Lord too, who really makes all of WFL happen. 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 . '* # $* )*' ' . )% ! $ "% ) %$ $ " $) )- . %$ () &' $ . , , *()%# ' (*&&%') . ) ) % ) ') # $* )*' $ " )- . * #%' (! -%*' $ ' () ()' *)%' %*) !) *#&( %' "" *( ) . *( ( !) &*#&( %# +++ ( !) &*#&( *( 39 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® JULY 2016