As you have found out by now. We do have access to internet here in Mizque but there is not a lot of time for me to spend updating the blog. Once we get back to Mizque shower and have some supper there may be an hour left before the library closes. So what I will try to do is post pictures so you can see and then when time permits update them with explanations later. The internet here is not very fast so I will do may best to post as many picture as possible

The work we are doing is a little different than we thought. We had envisioned removing thatch roofs building trusses, and sheeting the roof. So far the houses we have worked on have tin roof already with adobe bricks. What we do with this is cote the walls with ½ inch of plaster/cement type substance. The next phase is to frame out the ceiling tack chicken wire/ mesh to the boards and than spread the plaster. Once this is done the floor is leveled and concrete is poured. The house now becomes a contained area with no cracks or crevices where the Chagas bug can hide. Tuesday was our training day. They have hired a local contract to work with us and he has shown us how to do the process.

The town we are working in is call Tujmas (Tookma) is ten minutes for Mizque. The first house we did for a widow name Nicolasa she has seven children age 4 – 20. Two of the children in the photo are her children the boy wearing number 9 is Wilber and older girl Julieta. The young boy is her grandson who lives next door. The other child we are not sure where they belong. The Bolivian man in the photo is the contractor who we are working with.

Today we will finish the wall on the first house and start a second house. We are waiting for the wood to be delivered to frame the ceiling.

I call this next section DEEP THOUGHTS WITH ROB

What does it mean to be Christ’s ambassador in this world?

I think a simple answer to this is seeing a need and filling it. I can give you many of this that I have witnessed during trip already. Where these men I am with show what is at their core. What man of character they are. What Godly men they are.

The computer doesn’t work well at the CBM in Bolivia but after an hour or two of tweaking it is much better.

Nicolasa’s wheel barrow is not working, the wheel is broken, so five Canadian dollars later and little bit of time and things are good to go. Before that she was carrying everything of her back in a sack.

The children, how these children seem to love to interact with us and help us do our work and play with us. Although there is a language barrier this melts away when the Conquistadors (that’s what they call me a least)

We are all doing well and I know for sure that if it were not for your prayers this adventure could have gone sideway at may different points.