Still No School

The boys are trying to catch another horse to ride. Then they rode down the mountain side to a well and watered the cattle.







Supposedly the boys will go back to school on May 18th, but I'm not holding my breath. Actually it makes life so much easier for all the other learning that is going on. On Tuesday, all four of us spent the whole day in Rancho Bonito. There is a "Work and Learn" group from Chihuahua here for the week helping build cisterns. It was wonderful to be able to spend the whole day with the 4 families and group and not have to worry about getting homework done or getting to bed by a certain time. Isaiah really got into helping build the cistern. Micah had fun playing with all the other kids there. I helped one women gather and prepare local materials (crush and sift rock for dirt, collect, crush and sift donkey manure) to build a stove. (see earlier post.) The base for the stove was too small, so we collected rock and mud (mixed with donkey manure and water to make adobe) and expanded the base. It was SO much work! I've helped build stoves before, but never helped this much with the collection and preparation of the materials. Now I have a much deeper appreciation for the stoves! I didn't take any pictures as my hands were covered with mud and manure all day.
And Martin. He glowed with contentment.