July 26

 We're getting up each morning between 5 and 5:30 to get ready to leave for the school around 7:30.   This morning at 6:00, right outside our window, the neighbor came to cut down a couple trees.   This man lives up the road and he makes charcoal for a living.  He has to find trees to burn to make the charcoal, and our hosts let him chop a couple from their backyard.  A very interesting process - so we will have to walk over there one of these days and take a picture of his charcoal making system.

Don't know how that would go over in our neighborhood back home if someone started cutting down trees in our backyard at 6 am!

As we left the house there was this snail walking across the back porch.  It is about 4 inches long.
So many interesting creatures in this world!

Another hot day working in the library.  

A visit to the San Narciso Presbyterian Pre-School while the children were having recess.   They are so cute!   This is their new swing set the parents built as their project for the year.   This preschool meets in the lower level of the San Narciso church.  We missed "graduation" this past Saturday for those children going on to Infant I this Fall.   This pre-school is run by one teacher - Leidy, and she had over 20 three and four year old's this past year.  

And a sweet visit with Elsa and two of her boys.    Didi just graduated from 8th grade, and Eliezar is still in grade school.

We went out to dinner tonight - it was my turn to cook :) - at R.D.'s

Pray for Dale as he continues to prepare for this weekend's seminars (Friday night and Saturday).    Pray for us as we seek to encourage our friends here.  

Also pray for my family (mom, brother, sister and families) in Colorado Springs where fires are raging out of control.   It's tragic to see what the fire has consumed.