Closer to water but still need help.

July in Bocachica is just as hot as it was in North Carolina. The air seems thick and sun is always present. The good thing is that doesn't slow us down. We have been busy getting ready to purchase the desalinization machine. We have raised a little more than half the funds for this project. Nate, while waiting for more funds to come in has been planning ahead getting everything ready for the day we buy this valuable machine. We have purchased land at the bottom of the hill, dug a well, dug trenches in the street all the way up the hill to put in the tubing for the water to come up our hill. Finally, last week, Nate finished the work by building a storage shed where we will store a pump in the well to have a constant feed of water to our neighborhood.

Trish and Emory McChargue came to Bocachica for 8 days to work along side us.They are missionaries from Louisiana working in Bogota.  Emory was a big help to Nate with all of his projects. It was refreshing talking to them about missionary life and encouraging one another in the Lord.
Not to mention my kids had a blast playing with this couple! We look forward to them returning for another visit.

Emory helping with the footer for the storage shed over the well.

Emory making cement.



digging up the street to lay the tubing for the water.

just keep digging.

Up the hill they go!

Inside is the well, and the pump that will drive the water up the hill for our neighborhood.


 We are fighting just to have access to water daily. If you would like to give to this project please email us or click on the donate button on this page. Thank you for joining us in praying for a solution to this problem.

Many blessings to you and your family. Have an enjoyable August!

The Ariels

~Wedding in Bucaramanga~

We went to a wedding in Bucaramanga yesterday, it has been quite a trip. Our kids have lost the ability to ride in cars on land, put them in a boat, no problem, but a car? They cried after the first time of motion sickness and throwing up, but by the time we got to Bucaramanga they were used to throwing up. Hopefully the trip home will be less eventful.
 The weather here is awesome, a relief to the continual peak summer of Bocachica. The kids loved playing outside, lots of soccer in the park. Everything is green here. The mornings here are like a fall day, and it heats up to about 80 and then starts to cool down.

 The wedding of Lina and Javier was a fun experience as well, the couple has a wonderful testimony about being faithful to the Lord to wait for the right person. Their testimony before this day is great, and the celebration of the next chapter is great to be a part of. Both parts are what I am glad that our family could be a witness of.
 One the of the things that is a privilege about a mature Christianity is to be part of the redemption and expressions of the action of matrimony. The setting was beautiful, the sermon presented Christ in marriage, the food was good, the music was top quality. This may seem common, and many people today are trying to downsize the celebration of marriage, but it is a powerful testimony to the next generation of young folks coming up. If you are investing in marriage this much, it must be important. In Bocachica, the majority see no need to get married not because of the cost but there is little value given to marriage. Christ could have picked any physical relationship to represent His relationship to the church, but He chose marriage. Christ could have chosen the relation of  a general to the army to express the relation between Christ and the Church, but He chose marriage. This is where marriage gets it high value. Part of the gospel then is honoring marriage and holding it in high esteem.
 We enjoyed being a part of the marriage yesterday, and we look forward to the future for Lina and Javier. It is a joy to see my kids look forward to such events in excitement because they enjoy it now and are looking forward to their own possibilities of the future.

Photo update for June

June is gone, it went by fast, here are some photos for the month:



Vincent helping with the filters.

stripping the mold on a new filter

 

 

 

the second floor walls are about half way, we are waiting on brick from the company to be able to finish



This is the building for storing the filter tools at Werlin's house. The Maryland team gave funds to build it.

Leni from Germany is visiting friends in Bocachica during her vacation. It is great to have her here.

Tara with the ladies at the mother's day party

Alicia, Jaiden, Kristen, and the other dancers did a thank you dance for the moms.

Though not hygienic Patrick dutifully washes the table ~ cute

The girls made a tippy tap which washes hands. thoroughly with little water 

We have lost electricity a lot this month, one day we went to the city to watch the game at the mall, there was quite a crowd there.

Boys playing with the Yeiker.
 

The family with  Julia, a visitor from Pennsylvania, celebrate Germany's victory with Leni.

That concludes the photos for this month, next month we are looking forward to getting started on the desalinization project, getting the rest of the brick for the second floor delivered, and we have more visitors stopping in. Hope you all have a good month, thank you for the prayers and support.

“The Lord bless you and keep you;
 The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
 The Lord lift up His countenance upon you,
And give you peace.”
Numbers 6:24-26