Solsito, ¿donde ´tas?

I honestly don’t have much to complain about. I’ve had the privilege of living the majority of my life in areas with very mild winters. It gets cold once in a while in Jujuy and Salta but the truth is that it comes in waves, so most of the time you can work in t-shirts or even a light jacket while everyone else in the northern United States is obligated to wear large jackets just to stay warm. The weather has been very pleasant here in La Paz. The nights can get a bit chilly but a light fleece will take care of that. It’s even warm enough to wear Chacos, a very slight change from the winters with feet of snow.

I’ve realized that I have the Greenman disease where if we don’t get enough sun our brains shut down and we get ho-hum. I faced this while in Michigan and Indiana and especially while in Lithuania where I only saw the sun a few times.

La Paz is always sunny. Extremely sunny. It’s amazing how strong the sun is here and how easy it is to get burnt. This is the first time since I’ve been here that there is some cloud cover. I’m kind of cold right now because the sun usually shines in through the window and keeps me toasty. I can’t complain too much though, I know that tomorrow will be sunny again and even now I get a burst of rays every few minutes. It really is nice having this much sun after so many dark months.

Photos from silo planning

I had a nice change this past week when I found out that I would be helping Gabriel measure out plots for the new silos that we will be building in August. It´s too cold at night and the cement freezes and falls apart, so we were helping farmers get the foundations ready.

This is the town where I stayed a week to help build silos: Caquiaviri.

This lamb´s mother died a few days ago, I think the owner is going to eat it soon (the lamb).

This is the health team´s quad, they use it to visit small villages and weigh babies (among other things).

Photos from the job

Some random photos from well digging in Bolivia...

Making rings for the wells

We make cement rings for the wells to make sure that they are as clean as possible and so that the ground will not cave in. This also ensures that the owners will have an easier time cleaning the wells.

First days in La Paz

I've already spent over a week in Bolivia and things are going great. It's amazing seeing how God is working through Samaritan's Purse to create sustainable projects. I'm going back out to the campo tomorrow and will return with pictures of the actual project that I am working on.

Getting reading to head out to the campo

Sopa de mani anyone?

Lost on the Altiplano.