I'll make a quick update about today so we can be caught up. I hope you like the pictures too!

This morning we remembered to grab the tools that Scott brought with him to make our work better: a better level and 2 T-squares. When we took the T-square to check yesterdays work, the news was not all good (but it was not all bad either). The bad news is one of them was very off... So we knocked the walls down to rebuild. Donette spent the day checking and rechecking with the home owner and at days end it was back up and perfect. The good news is, the other one was perfect when we put the T-square up to it! We did have to make some adjustments to it yesterday, but after those, it was perfect. So on this one we started with a separate middle wall, and then we were able to seal it with a layer of concrete this afternoon. Someday you will be able to see pictures of what I am describing, but for now you'll have to use your imagination.

Also during this morning and yesterday, Nancy has been surverying the village about health conditions and figuring out what she will be able to do on a future nursing trip to Honduras that she is coming on this summer.

While they were working on the latrines this afternoon, Sam, Paula, Nancy and I walked around the town and made a log of all the families of the village, including pictures. There were a few people missing, so we have to take a few more pictures tomorrow, and we don't have a complete count yet, but we made a lot of progress on this project.

We are also learning more details about the story of the village, though we still do not have all the pieces. We keep learning a little bit at a time, so soon I will report on what we are learning about the people of Emvacadero.

Now, after a long day of work, a deeper night of group reflection, and an hour at the internet cafe, I am getting out of here and going to sleep to the quiet sounds of a rainy night! (The dogs, roosters, and fireworks are all hiding from the rain - Amen!)