Christmas party at the Josephine House

Cookie time!

Even Katie loves spending time with the kids at the

orphanage. So sweet!!

The kids loved Tim, surprise surprise!

Tim and his posse

More to come....

Katie turns two!! Can hardly believe it...

Full of Joy... Full of Life...My Beautiful Girl

I am super girl... Look at my shiny cape.

A couple weeks before my 2nd birthday

I learned how to jump off the first step.....With both feet!!

Yes, I have much personality!!!
R00000aaaaaaarrr

What you would expect for

jungle bathroom acomodations.

A little tricky at night though.

Look ma no hands
Attaching the upper collar braces. About 35feet over concrete :)
Good times!!

Don't let the picture fool ya. These "ants" are one inch long and

will put a grown man down in the bed for 2-3 days.

Once we finished the first story walls and ceiling. We decided to sleep on the slab.

We felt a little safer from the Jaguars 5 feet off the ground.

(That is a joke for those of you who don't know Jaguars can easily jump 15ft vertical)

Phase one of the Jungle building project.

The first trip we (Keith and I) built all the walls for the first story.

This orphanage will be called the Arc, and will house 47 peruvian orphans.

Sawmill anyone? One of the great challenges to being fast and productive in the Jungle was the primitiveness of all the tools. We had to make our 2by4's out of enormous "trees" with this sawmill!!!

Don't let the picture fool ya, these pieces of wood are 10' by 16' by 14feet long. Which also means they were each about 300lbs.


Because of the extreme heat in the Jungle, walls on your house are purely optional.

Welcome!

This is our humble abode for our remaining time

here in Cuzco. Don't be fooled by the glamorous

facade. This is indeed a cleverly disguised mud home.

Our neighbors to the right


Our neighbors to the left

Our back yard during the process of putting in a

bathroom. The massive pile of dirt coverin most of

the yard is from the digging of the septic tank.

Septic hole... still uncovered/unfinished after about

a month. AKA Tim's nemesis (hand dug, nine ft deep,

six feet wide) It is the community's responsibility to

put the approved cover on this, however, they have

more important things to do (play soccer and drink

outside our front door : ))

Our bathroom, mid-construction. We'll let you

know when it's done.....

Some sights from our travels

Some of the beautiful and rugged country we saw while

helping out with a medical team

This man is baking potatoes that are buried

under the stones. This is called pachamanka!

This thing that looks like it should have it's own
horror movie, is put up to honor god-mothers.

Lovely, isn't she?

A shepherd heading out with his trusty dogs.

I love this picture, so stark and beautiful.

A lady waiting to be attended.

Cute little girl!

We found a friendly little burro that the boys

enjoyed very much indeed.

We went out to the Sacred Valley with a team that was here

and one of the places we visited was an amazing pottery

place called Seminario. At this place they have a little owl

monkey they rescued. Now, I don't like monkeys as a rule, but..

she was so cute. I kept thinking how much the boys would have

enjoyed her. Sean is missing all his lizards, toads, and tree frogs

that he had been keeping as pets in SC. Wouldn't something like

this make a good replacement?

This is most of the team that was just here. We really enjoyed
getting to know them. We had a great time on our daytrip out
to the Sacred Valley with them.



Through this group we learned a little about a boy's home
which is out in the valley by the river. They had a beautiful place,
but they had built with adobe... A massive flood occured sometime
in March and completely wiped out their home. So now the
"parents" and 42 boys are living in an old hotel they have rented.
They are some really neat people who seem to love the Lord and

really have a heart for their boys. They are hoping to rebuild, but

with stone and concrete this time! It was special to hear their story.

This is all that's left of their home....

Sean and Ellie enjoying a ride together

This is Gregoria, a Quechua lady who has been helping us

out quite a bit. It's been really neat to see the way Katie

has bonded with her. She is carrying Katie in a manta, which

is what all the Quechua ladies carry their babies/children

around in. The little ones really love being carried like this.

Zoe getting a bath

Tim and Zoe getting in some cuddle time

Happy girlie!