AIM mission base director, Bob Cooley writes the following about the WR launch in the earthquake zone of Chincha, Peru: I have a site ready to go at Iglesia Emanuel in Chincha. It is a church in one of the three worst-hit cities that sits inside a large, walled compound. This is an area where tents can be set up for the racers, and that accomodate our training needs (they have a temporary sanctuary set up and also some temporary tent classrooms that they use for a Compassion kids’ program). It has bathroom facilities, and shower stalls, but all bathroom-related water comes from a storage tank. Buckets of water drawn from the storage tank are used in order to flush toilets and take showers. Obviously, this means that the showers are not hot. This is the base from which the racers will operate.
The church has several classrooms (all destroyed) and an area for goats. This is in addition to the church itself which is presently serving as the home for the pastors family and a few other families also. The congregation meets in a makeshift tent that can house perhaps 60 persons comfortably. They also are using other tents as temporary classrooms for their compassion kids. The compound is surrounded by a 10 foot high fence.This would mean that the racers would stay in tents. There are no hot showers, but there are a couple of bathrooms where one can “shower.” The weather in January will be hot days and cool to cold nights.
So… everyone excited for bucket showers??? Here’s the challenge… take one bucket of water, put it in your shower, and use your nalgene bottle to shower. Who can use the least amount of water while still getting clean? Extra credit goes to those who can get all the conditioner out of their hair!!!
