Cerca al final! Near the end!

Good October Day To You All! I really dont know what day today is, but what I do know is that we are only a couple of days from actually starting to work on the roof on Manuel's house...and that is quite SOMETHING! We are just days away from finishing, from being able to give my friend Manuel and his wife Rosaura a warm and safe home and that's exciting! Maestro Moises, Abel, Roger, Andy and Mark are working extra hard these days and racing against time to finish....I am fighting a minor issue with the municipality's people and trying to organize fund raising events in Chincha and Cusco to raise the money I need to finish the house and pay off the people I owe....work work work...it never ends but it feel great to know that every effort one makes will contribute to another's health and well being.....

The house...just a few more rows of adobes and we'll be ready to put the roof on
La casa...unos adobes mas y ya la viga colar se pondra y luego el techo


Manuel, Roger, Christa y Rosaura

Sun sets in Chincha

Mark and Maestro working on a window

Abe y yo....Gracias abe...te quiero mucho!

Maestro lying adobes

EL Pasaje
THE Passage

oh boy oh boy...the stories I could tell about this little alley

Roger laying adobes and making a wall

Mark carrying the very heavy 40 x40 adobes closer to el Maestro
Mark cargando los super pesados adobes mas cerca al maestro

Maestro Moises subiendo la pared
Maestro working on a wall



Manuel supervisando la obra y hablando con el maestro
Manuel viendo la construccion de su casita hablando con el Maestro


Manuel and Rosaura in better spirits because they know their home will be ready soon!
Manuel y Rosaura esperando su casita

Abe poniendo adobes sobre mocheta

Roger trying to do the Abel hand stand thing
Roger tratando de pararse de manos como Abe


Los muchahos trabajando duro
The guys working hard

Mark cargando barro
Mark taking mud where it is needed

Solid foundations
cimiento solido