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Big Reveal…Final Day…Did we make it?? by Nadia Sanchez

Will I leave the country and this system not be complete? As I stated before, I had the great realization that things would not be done at my time, that I could l keep trying to fight the system, but eventually things would be done at Dominican time, and that meant slowly. So, I just say that it was with much effort and commitment from everyone that the system was finished before I left!!!! It was such a feeling of relief and amazement. Thanks to the collaboration from everyone that went, and from Nadya all the way skyping from California we turned the pump on and the sprinklers looked majestically!
I have to skip over the part where it took 7 men, and 6 hours to get the pump to prime, and having to get into the river to adjust the check valve and filter and hose, and then having to bring buckets of water from the river to the pump….because I would need six pages to describe the madness. But within the madness there was glory, and all the step backs and challenges made seeing that water come out from the sprinklers all that more magical! Dominican time made it work!


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