Still Kickin It!

Yep, we are alive and well :) Things are going great at our site, the only complaint is that we don't have very good access to getting online, so we haven't been able to talk to people or email as much as we'd hoped...but that's alright we're getting better at writing letters. The picture here is of Ty and our neighbor Mukuka making bricks, we are in the process of building a fuel efficient stove and oven. The bricks were made of clay, sand, and water. We'll also use mortar, a mix of termite soil, sand and water. We're learning something new each day, as I'm sure you can imagine!

The weather is cooling off quite a bit here, we compared temps with Kansas and Hawaii the other day, and we had the coolest of all! No kidding! It's been dropping to the upper 40's at night, and is in the upper 70's to low 80's during the day. It's our favorite time of year here, I'm guessing. We have some nightly visitors, bats like to fly into our hut when it gets dark. That's okay, they can eat the mosquitoes, we're safe under our net. We started a garden this week too, bought some seeds for green peppers, tomatoes, cabbage, garlic, and some indigenous flowers to put around the borders as a natural pest control. We're going all natural with our plot, only using organic pest control and compost as fertilizer...wish us luck!

As I mentioned before, we are living next door to a really great family. They have continued to help us every step of the way, so no worries about us we're in excellent hands here! We have gotten texts and emails here and there from friends and family, thanks so much we're always so happy to hear from you. The internet here is hit and miss, so we'll post again whenever we get the chance. Miss & love you all,