February has flown by! This month has been busy from beginning to end. On Jan 26th we welcomed Raphaela to Bocachica. She comes from Germany and will be working the next 5 months with us and our project Juntos. Her brother Florian met up with her in Colombia, where they toured a little bit of Colombia before coming here.
This month we housed a team from a private Christian school in Cartagena. We housed 15 teenage girls and three teachers for 5 days. The purpose of this trip was to complete a social credit needed to graduate from high school. After having 7 kids I would always say...aww, what's one more? Well once you add 15 teenage girls I have realized a whole new level of noise. :) At the end of their time here we had 2 teenagers ask to come and possibly work 6 months with us. The director of the school was happy to hear that some kids walked away with the desire to help more. The school also liked Raphaela so much they asked her to volunteer teaching English at this school 4 days a week. This keeps Raphaela busy working in both Cartagena and Bocachica, but she never complains. :) She enjoys all opportunities she can have to influence other's lives.
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| Raphaela and Florian |
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| Team from Cartagena |
Nate and Luis have been very busy building a house for Luis's family. They are ready to move in this week. This is Nate's 3rd house he has built here in Bocachica, while he is blessed to work in the cooler months, Luis is having his first experience of construction in the hot sun.
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| Luis and Adrian's house in the works! |
Building Luis's house doesn't slow Nate and Luis down. They are still busy with making filters, providing sanitation classes, and weekly movie night. Luis has also been busy with his bi-weekly check ups of how the community is using the filters. It is our desire to follow through with the filters that are installed and make sure the families are using them correctly and answer any questions they have.
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| Dan enjoying a cup of filtered water! |
This past weekend Nate and Luis went to another village called Recreo. There is approximately 80 houses in this village. A church from Bocachica has started a church there in Recreo, and asked for a filter. There is no potable water in this village. They get their water from a river that is full of sediments. They add a powder to the water and all the sediments fall to the bottom of the tank and they drink the water on the top. Nate also handed out bibles that Antioch had bought in Jan. The church there had mostly New Testament bibles. Nate and Luis spent the night there in the church and had a wonderful time.
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| How the locals in Recreo treat their water. |
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| The church who asked for a filter |
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| The filter is installed |
Adriana has been asked to tutor more kids in the neighborhood. She has 4 days a week that she provides one on one attention for kids needing help with their school work. She will also start March 2nd working at El Shadday helping tutor kids through Compassion International.
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| Adriana tutoring |
This past week we opened our house for El Shadday for medical appointments for all kids in their program. A week full of 400+kids getting medical check ups! The Doctor from Barranquilla, Colombia wanted to learn how to make American pizza. We were happy to show him.
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| A doctor from Barranquilla doing medical exams for El Shadday. |
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| Our waiting room. :) |
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| Dr.Jaeder ready to make American Pizza |
I will leave you with exciting news from our family. Nate and Alicia have purchased their plane tickets to go to NC in May. They are both excited to go back for a visit. If you would like them to come to your church, bible study, or school and give a talk about missionary life and our projects here, please email us! They would love to share with you!
We need your help! If you would like to help Project Juntos here's how:
We need more funds for filters here in Bocachica. Bless a family in need of clean water.
Want to help a local Colombian family? Luis and Adriana are looking for monthly support. They are doing a great work here in Bocachica!
Contact us at ariel.family.mission@gmail.com for more information!
Thank you all for your support and prayers for our family! We are thankful to be able to work here and look forward to the following month. Many blessings to you and your families.
With love,
Tara
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