Blackberries, Water Heaters, More Coconuts and Diverticulitis

 There were tons of blackberries donated to the orphanage today. They were a tasty treat. I'm always amazed at how much it takes to run and maintain all these houses and all these kids (as well as the adults and leadership). It really renews my faith in humanity to see how these kids and adults are taken care of by the community, our God and others.

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Today we replaced a water heater. Of the three that they had on this half of the house, only one was working. We were able to replace one of them with a used one that was from another house. The one we replaced was 20 years old and parts were no longer available for it. I would've just thrown it away, but that's not what we do here. Everything has value. It was taken in to get scrap money for it. Hot water heaters that we are use to seeing do exist here, but these heaters are so much better because there's a ton of sun to heat the water. The water will actually get so hot that it will boil. This picture is deceptive, because we are assembling it on the roof, so you can't actually see how the final product looks.

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There were more coconuts eaten and this time I was able to drink the coconut milk! It was very refreshing after spending a couple of hours on the 92º roof (the high for today was 99º).

There are all kinds of yummy unique drinks here, like this one...

The drink was good and fortunately, Diverticulitis was not a word I had to learn in spanish!

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And yes, there were more toilets to repair.

I'm probably telling too much about my time here in Mexico. However there are a few people that this catches their attention. Namely people that have been here and experienced the same or similar things as I've been experiencing. There are also over 30 people (between the 2 different trips, 2 different weeks) that will be coming in a month as part of our church group. I thought it would be nice for them to see some of the things and places that they will be part of. If you would like to be part of that trip by praying for us or donating toward our projects and the kids, let me know!