Weekly Wrap Up from Calacali, Ecuador

Weekly Wrap Up from Calacali, Ecuador

April 20, 2007

As we come to the end of our second month here in Calacali, our family has settled into a nice routine. Howard is up and out of the house by 7:00 each morning to meet with the workers to get their day started. The kids and I work on school and Spanish homework. Once Jonathan completes his school work, he heads out to see if he can help his dad or the interns who are here. Danielle has a nice scrap booking area set up and works on that a little each day.

Andres, the guard at the camp here is a Cofan Indian and recently got married to a young woman from Peru named Marlene. One evening a couple of weeks ago, they brought their wedding pictures to the house and we had a fun evening of learning more about them and their cultural traditions. One of Danielle’s projects is to now make them a scrap book for some of their wedding pictures. Again, they knew just enough English and with our combined family, we knew enough Spanish to interact. Although, by the end of the evening my brain was completely fatigued!

At the end of the camp last week, Howard noticed the water tanks were almost out. Even though it is the rainy season the camp is still running low on water. So, Howard and Jonathan hiked up the mountain to check the water source. The news was not good; it is only putting out 4 liters/minute, where it was putting out 4 gallons/minute. In an attempt to figure out why, Howard and Jonathan went up the valley and discovered the water is coming out sixty feet below the collection point. So now the process starts to try and remedy the problem before future work teams arrive. Howard has also been spending time doing some tractor work. He has been mowing the new soccer field and the future paint ball field. As you can imagine with the rainy season the weeds are out of control. He also has been working on the road into and out of El Refugio.

This last Sunday was an election day in Ecuador. 80% of the population voted to allow the constitution of Ecuador to be rewritten. This is viewed as an overwhelming affirmation of President Correa. Pray for the leaders here in Ecuador and for protection, through what could be, at least a ten month process.

As always we covet your prayers and appreciate your partnership with us as we minister. We also love hearing from each of you and news from your lives.
As God is our Refuge, Mary for the Scholl Family