Photo update

Here are some pictures of recent work with the local kids. Our neighbor, Louis, behind us is from Bogota, and works with kids in our area.




Kids after a study at the Louis' house

Saturday morning sports

 

 



































A friend of our blessed us with some fish from his latest catch, they normally go out 4 days and nights. This is our families favorite type, it looks like a lot but we ate this for lunch.

The kids liked the rainbow and the lightning storm in the same day

 We are also working on a guest house for visitors, it is one bedroom one bath.

This week we will be getting windows, and be doing the floor.








We also took pictures of our street to present to the community and local organizations. Our barrio is collectively working together to try and make the street more usable.

Question: What do you think this picture is?

here are before and after shots of our outdoor living area
Before:

After:

Answer to the above shot: Electrical wiring to a house from the main line on the pole. This was taken on the street, and that is a street light attached to the barbed wire for light at night.

Thanks for keeping up with us!
love the Ariels

 



Pictures of God's creation

Big sky view in the morning

Parrot visiting next door.

Butterflies

 

View of the distant mountains from the house.

A Piggy with a target on his heiny.

Water filter!

   We are moved into the house, that is a praise report! There are still a lot of unfinished details, and one of those is we have to walk a good ways to get pure water. Someone then has to haul it back, and it is all up hill. Yes, this will be one of those grandpa stories about the old days of walking a quarter mile just to get a glass of clean water, and by then it will be uphill both ways.

 The way down

















The way back up

This soon could be history now that we have our form for a water filter. It is designed after the biofilters originally made by David Manz
http://www.manzwaterinfo.ca/index.htm. We hope to get started on this project in the coming weeks, and try it on ourselves first. This will open the opportunity to help provide clean water for others on the island here. The good things about this system is it uses mainly natural materials, is afforadable, easily reproduced, and doesn't use any energy.

One of the main health concerns here on the island is parasites, and this will make a difference in Bocachica! It's is hard to believe that in the year 2012 there are still people in the world without clean water.  If you would like to help us help those in need, please contact me on funding this project. Thank you to all of you who help out so much already.
Blessings
Nate