A Lineman’s Mission Trip That Brought Electricity To Rural Guatemala
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Joe Zernhild shares his experience volunteering in Guatemala to provide electricity access.
Send us Fan Mail A light switch feels ordinary until you stand in a place that has never had one. We sit down with journeyman lineman Joe Zernhild from Jones-Onslow EMC, who volunteered for a mission trip to Guatemala alongside 14 linemen from electric cooperatives across North Carolina. It is Joe’s first time out of the country, and he walks us through what it takes to say yes, get outside your comfort zone, and use your trade to deliver something life-changing: electricity access. Joe shar...
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