It would not be a trip if I didn't break something.  I was making fittings for the kitchen from rebar and hit the vice a little too hard.  Opps!  Another trip to the hardware store for a new vice.  :)

Sheri lead another Bible study yesterday.  Sheri was supposed to be teaching the women but instead they taught her.  The lady in the wheelchair had a stroke and can barely talk, but she wanted to sing a praise song and tell about her love for Jesus.  Now that's faith!!

This is Keith with Oscar, a great local young man who is very dear to us all.  Not sure how Keith got his shirt dirty.  

Not sure if there is a theme here other than someone seems to be standing around a lot - unless he is sitting...

Another day at work.  We dug a bit more sewer line, built the kitchen shelter and stove, and moved the beds into the house.  

Ready to go to work for the last day.

Pastor Brian and Radalfo

Around Zacapa they grow bananas, but they do not get as large as the ones we are used to.  They are, however, sweeter and delicious.

Now it was time to build the stove.  The children in these villages suffer from many breathing problems because the moms cook over a wood fire in their homes or even outside in enclosed areas.  CALMS is starting to teach them how to build these stoves.  Not only are they healthier, but they use ALOT less wood which is helpful because they spend loads of time looking for wood to cook with.  First we hiked way down the side of the mountain, carrying the cinder blocks, to get to a path that would take us to their home.  The stove was for a young family - an 18 year old mom, 20 year old dad, and 1 1/2 year old baby.  The dad built the house out of sticks and mud and put a corrugated tin roof on it.  They have a sheet and a black tarp hanging up for walls.  She cooks outside - the stove that the dad built had collapsed.  She was using the stove on the 5th picture down or a long time.  They have no electricity or running water and no bathroom.  First the dad made a spot to build the stove. Then our group assembled it - you will see Bob working hard in the 6th picture.  The bottom picture shows the mom who received the stove.  CALMS is going to begin working more in this village that has loads of needs.   They will be building more stoves as well as some homes.  They are extremely poor - they grow corn and beans for a living and that is only possible to do for a few months each year.  There is no church so that is a great need in the area, too.