Cess pool, baby parrot and sleeper cabs

 I love it when students just take off.  Kenneth learned two hymns and played them in church inside of a month.  He loves it.  It was fun to watch the bishop's face when I told him Kenneth was ready to play.  Sometimes unlikely youth really take to it.

Ana enjoys the time we spend if she could just learn faster.  Kenneth is her brother, and it's hard for her not to compare.  She has a beautiful smile, and she shares a wonderful sunset with me each week as we work.  

 We passed this tree which looks like cotton.  The neighbors called it tree cotton.

 Here you can see the blossoms in various stages.


Here is a video of a baby parrot being fed.  The family expects to raise it for sale.

 Myles' family told me a story of a woman who loved birds.  One year her favorites died with a virus.  The next year she finally heard a pair singing.  She rode her bicycle all over, but found no others.  She prayed that her birds might return--and they did!  I've loved this statue ever since we first saw it, so I decided I'd snap a photo and add the German story.

 Here is the family of one of our students with their new cesspool.  The rocks are really pretty large and would be very heavy -- my guess 200 lbs or more.  This dad and a friend moved them by hand. They will cover it with concrete and it will become part of their driveway.  They don't seem to use drain fields much, which I thought were quite a bit better way to deal with the sewage.  Yes, she is one of our younger students.  It may be the dad wants her to play piano much more than she does.

 Here is something you won't see in the states.  It is a gravel hauler with a sleeper cab.  Normally, gravel is a low value commodity and won't get shipped very far.  So why a sleeper cab?  Because many of the trucks in the US are for long haul with sleeper cabs and it turns out Panama is a good market for used trucks.  Thus sleeper cab on a short haul outfit.

Well, Apryl asked for a mission picture for our plaque (I hope and assumed that she didn't mean the sticky deposit on teeth in which bacteria proliferate.)
We are reverse proud, so didn't get the wrinkles fixed.  But the hair did come out less gray than it actually is.

It catches some of the fun we share.  Rod was patient to get it taken.  It might be nice to do it soon before we get home if we're going to do it at all.  Poor Apryl who receives our TO DO list.  We appreciate the help of our family. We are blessed to be part of this work.