Pit latrine and septic well

Our construction workers dug two really deep holes on our land, one for a pit latrine (outhouse) and the other for a septic well (for sewage drainage).  Our community has no drainage pipes, so we have to drain our own sewage into our land, into a deep pit.  Due to the lack of community drainage, we are putting in an outhouse (which is what most people in our community use) for those coming to our ministry building.

They dug the holes with pickaxes and shovels
using a plumb line to go straight down.

They hauled the dirt out by bucketfuls.
The guys worked in a team of 3: one digging,
one pulling up the buckets, and one carting
away the dirt in a wheelbarrow.
They traded positions every hour.

It took two weeks to finish, and the final
holes were 12 and 15 meters deep, respectively,
with concrete around the top two meters.

For now, the holes are covered by
tin roofing pieces and gnarly tree stumps.
Eventually the area will be covered by
concrete, with an outhouse building over
the closest hole.

First dance at new church

Later in December, our dance team, called Resplandece (which means "Shine"), presented the same dance at our church. 

Heather started the dance team in time to learn a dance for ASELSI's Christmas party, and this was the group's first time dancing together at our new church.  They did a great job, and the kids want to continue!  We are currently learning a couple more dances.

Christmas party

This was the fourth consecutive year that Heather took a group of youth from our church to dance at ASELSI's annual Christmas party.  It was lots of fun!

Veronica dressed as a little clown.

We waited between presentations.

The kids danced 3 times for 3 groups.

Each group had several hundred people.