Lunch in Terra Bono

We ate lunch at the coziest place in town. Pig or chicken? That is the menu. The chicken was pretty good, and Zach loves the sodas. Above, a picture of the cook and kitchen.

Concrete water tanks

Steve and I spent the day helping (and mostly watching) our friend Uriel and his brother-in-law build a concrete water tank, called a pila. The materials were donated by CIEETS, the people need to donate their own labor. And hard work it is! Steve helped carry many concrete blocks down the hillside. The weigh between 80 and 100 lbs each. Notice there are no machines to help with the mixing. everything is done by hand.

Here is Uriel´s wife and their 7 month old daughter Belen. Isn´t she adorable?!

This is their kitchen. It is located outside their house, on the side. Most houses here have their kitchen inside the house, but it creates a lot of smoke. But we don´t know how she cooks in the rain.

Zach working with daddy

Zach is getting old enough now to take along on some of our work road trips. Here, we headed 1.5 hrs south to the little town of Terra Bono to look at some ferrocement tanks. See above.

The land is so dry here, and it is a constant struggle to have enough water.

We love seeing the kids in their uniforms.

We also loved all the horses at the schoolyard, waiting for their riders!

Here is a mix of old and new, the horse and the motorcycle.

Angel on Fire

Here is my precious baby, taking another fever-induced nap. Out of all of us, he gets the least number of mosquito bites, we never thought he would be the first to get dengue fever. Thank God it has passed now, and with no permanent damage (just a sleep-deprived mommy!).

Thanks to all who prayed for his health and our sleep. We can see the light at the end of the tunnel now!