Photo journal of Bocachica

I was thinking of posting a special newsletter for my nieces Josephine (10) and Meredith (8) on what life looks like here on the island. Once I started taking photos, I thought I would share it with you as well.

Please pray for Yoryani. She is a woman who Antioch made a latrine for in January. She was cooking on the carbone cooker and the pan dumped hot oil all over both legs. She has 3rd degree burns down both legs and both feet. Please join me in praying for her. She is in a lot of pain and the Doctor has to scrape the dead skin off daily.

This is the carbone cookers they use to cook with. Most people here on the island don't have stoves. They normally fry everything.

A boy trying to help the family buy selling this mornings catch.

And some even have play station.

Don't let their poverty fool you. Some find it necessary to have Direct T.V.

This is what it looks like to go fishing. A small wooden boat in the open ocean.

This is where we get our boat taxi's to bring us to Cartagena, about 20 minutes away by boat. However, sometimes you have to wait for a hour + for the boat to fill up before it will bring you.

There are no grocery stores here on the island. Just small Mom and Pop type stores. Nate and I call this Wal-Mart. :) Normally once a week Nate and I walk 1/2 mile to this store for a date. We share a coke and enjoy some time talking on the way home.

We share the streets with all types of animals. Cows, chickens, goats, donkeys and of course pigs.

This is the church we go to weekly. The bottom is the church the top is the pastor's house.

Making fried plantianes for breakfast.

Women here work all day making simple shell necklaces that will be sold for .50 cents each.

People waiting for their breakfast to be cooked. Normally fried plantains, meat and juice.

One of the most common things kids play with on the island.

This is how we transport our water in Lattas.

Our garbage truck

The kids here use brooms for horses