Wednesday we saw our friend Brianna Close (Bri) back on a plane to
the States. Bri stayed with us for three weeks while she helped with various
projects (whatever needed to be done at the time) and spent time with the
youth group here. Mainly she helped Tommy to begin mapping the town of Yankee
where our team has a goat house and where we are developing a
"showcase" center of all aspects of our sustainable living program.
She also helped in the construction of a concrete floor of a school, as well as
with a much needed pipe on an indoor stove at Reynaldo's house (see pictures
below). (Reynaldo is the preacher in Yankee, and our showcase center and goat
house are on his property.) In addition to all of this, she helped Becky with a lot of things for the Casa Materna. We really enjoyed Bri's visit (as did the Nicaraguans) and were very
grateful to have her help while she was here.
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| Bri and Tommy carrying water to mix with concrete |
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| Tommy mixing concrete |
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| Bri mixing concrete |
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| Becky leveling the concrete floor |
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| Reynaldo's kitchen before the stovepipe (notice all the ash on the ceiling and walls) |
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| Reynaldo's kitchen before the stovepipe |
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| Chris, Bri, and David making the stovepipe |
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| Reynaldo's wife sealing the bottom of the stovepipe |
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| The stove after the pipe |
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| Reynaldo's kitchen after the stovepipe |
