FOUNDATIONS AND A FIESTA

One family had already started a foundation as they could afford the materials, so were going to finish it off and then build a house with block walls. We put up a tent so Maria and Martins' 7 children have a place to sleep while they wait for their new house. Ten tents were donated last month to assist flood victims and now they will be used as temporary housing when we need to knock down the old house to make room for the new one. Vicki and Esmerelda have been asking us for some roofing for some time and the old dirt floor shack just didn't warrant a fix, so we are going to build them a new house. Vicki has been very sick and the medicine we bought her Saturday is helping a great deal. They are both so excited about getting a home and hopefully in a few weeks, Lord willing it will be done. We celebrated Betos' birthday Saturday and his son Jiel, and his daughter Rositas birthday were this week as well. The kids and some us bigger kids had fun with Tigger the pinata. When it came time to eat, the little old lady Guadalupe' she's 93 years young, pushed her walker down to find out when I could build her a porch in front of her house, so she can sit outside in the shade. How do you deny a 93 year old women a porch? We will build it this week as well, I have enough wood on hand to do it, I just need the energy! It continues to be very hot here every day probably 100 or so. Still no water trucks, so we took water to at least 50 families yesterday and today. Catarino has been sober since we finished his house and he has some work in town, so that's a good thing.