College visits

We are missing our oldest daughter, Carolyn, who stayed in the United States with her grandparents (Heather's parents).  She will be homeschooling with her grandma for her senior year of high school this year.

During our time in the U.S., we went with Carolyn to visit four different universities.  They are all small, Christian schools that are not too far away from either set of grandparents.

Carolyn at Lee University in Tennessee.

Carolyn is growing and maturing into a beautiful woman of God.  We are so proud of her!

Prayer cards

We just returned to Guatemala after a three-month visit to the United States.  We hadn't been back for three years, and it was wonderful to visit with family and friends.  We were able to meet with many of our supporters, and we hopefully gained some new partners!

During our visit, our niece, Adrian Etheridge (adrianetheridgephotography.com), took some family photos, and we updated our prayer cards.

We want to say thank you to everyone who took the time to come to one of our presentations or otherwise get together with us.  We love and appreciate you!

Community soccer game

In our local community, many soccer games are played on the community soccer field.  Sometimes the players are school kids, sometimes adults, sometimes in regular clothes, sometimes in uniforms.  This game was in progress one day when we went out to our land.

Swing set

During the building process, so that Veronica has something to do while Michael and I are reviewing the construction, we had our builder construct a swing set for her.

Wheee!

Sidewalks

The ministry building has sidewalks going around it.

Behind me, Yano is pouring the first section
of the sidewalk.

Yano really "gets into" his work.

The finished sidewalk is well done.

Ministry building

The ministry building has a foundation, a (partial) frame, and a floor!

Pouring the concrete columns in the
foundation to hold the posts.

Smoothing the final coat on the floor.

Painting the welds so they won't rust. 
The floor was covered in water for
a week to help it cure without
cracking in the hot sun.

Classroom / storage area

Hurray!  The first building, which will be two-thirds classroom and one-third storage area, has a floor and a roof with gutters!  The walls are coming later, after more horizontal supports are installed.  Also, the pile of dirt in the background will be removed next week.