Tibet (May 2005): This was my first trip with Lifewater International (LI). We worked with our host agency (Friends of China) and taught hygiene to four Buddhist men as well as how to drill with a rotary drilling rig. Other teams had been there before us and others have followed because LI emphasized sustainable development. We drilled a well in a school of over 100 children. Construction and development is occurring about everywhere you look in China, but every country has its poor. Conditions in Tibet are incredibly harsh. I was a little surprised how cool it was in the middle of the summer. We were told that the ground freezes about 10' deep (~3 meters). This shouldn't have surprised me as we were on a 12,000' plateau. The children watched our activities with great curiosity. LI is a Christian organization, but we did not attempt to even share why we were there in keeping with Chinese laws. 
