Hello once again,
Well here we are at another week. To us, it seems like its been a month, but an awesome month at that. Zach is now fully recovered from his illness, but John seems to still be struggling with stomach issues. Its almost been a week already for him, and we hope he gets better soon. As for work, we layed cement on part of a driveway leading down to the cancha (basketball court), this helps prevent mud from washing onto the court. We hope the cement actually holds as the supply of sand is scarce and dirt is more often then not used. It still makes cement, but how strong on cement we will have to wait and see.
Saturday morning we moved some rubble from the yard (old bricks, cement) from projects that we not properly taken care of by highered workers. We loaded wheelbarrel loads into the van and hauled the rubbish to the local dumb. The local dump is also known as a dry river bed about 5 minutes away. Thankfully it´s only a small stream that runs through it and most the trash doesn´t get taken downstream. Unfortunatly, it´s the only place to dump such items. Then saturday afternoon we made a trip with the kids to the jesus christo. The worlds largest Jesus statue at 33 meters high. After Peter made us climb way to many stairs to get to the top (the hard way, he drove around the back and up to the top with the little ones) we got to go inside Jesus, and actually climb up to his chest! I guess you could say we got to see the world how Jesus did! There were many holes to at different levels so you could look outside and see over the city of Cochabamba. It was a very cool experience, and alex even got to climb in Jesus sleeve! After safely, but slowly getting all the kids down the very sketchy stairs, we headed back home.
Saturday night, we went and played basketball with the other local orphanage parents, missionaries, and MK´s. We got split up this time, so basketball was a bit more fun because we weren´t out to prove something.
Sunday was a very relaxing day. Church, lunch, naps, reading, games. A day of needed rest, it was much appreciated.
Today (monday), the rain took over most of our outdoor projects. So we painted the ceiling in the living room, dining room, and kitchen. It was in much need of some paint after many stains from water damage and dead flies. It was an easy project for Zach, as his long arms could reach the ceiling without a chair.
Wednesday we hope to take the day off from work and climb Tunari. It´s a local mountain, only about 50 km away, but its peak is around 17,000 feet. Higher than any of us have climbed! We hope to make it a long day trip, as the ascent itself takes 5 to 6 hours.

Jesus

Jessica and Zach (yes he´s alive)

John and Lilliana

The kids at the orphanage are getting more amazing every day. Today we share the story of Lilliana and Jessica. They´re sisters, and there parents are drunks. Peter took them in around october this year. He says that Jessica, who is only six at the time, was beaten when she did not take care of her little sister, Lilliana, who is maybe 4 years old right now. Jessica has two bumps on her forehead from being thrown against walls because she was not taking care of her sister. Jessica and Lilliana are some of the cutest girls at the orphange. They always come and give us hugs and want to play, and there´s always a smile on their face. These kids never stop amazing us.
Once again, thanks for you prayers and supports. Again, continue to pray for the orphanage and the country of Bolivia, and the election is coming up on sunday. The election is a vote to accept or decline the changes to the constitution that Evo has proposed. Most likely the vote will go to accept, which is sad. From what we know, it could force all gringo´s out of Bolivia, and there could be no Bibles in Bolivia. Evo doesn´t like that there are many different religions, so he wishes to just cut them all out. So prayers are needed for that.
We love you all!
Zach, John, Alex, Cam