We've taken a few more steps on the Lorena stove. We laid the block for the base (which Ramon actually did, under supervision from Eugenio, the guy who is teaching us). The stove is actually going to be a lot smaller than I thought, and will use less block than I thought.
And we had to look for different clay today because the stuff we first got was apparently too pure. We needed to find a clay that had a lot of sand in it and was red, which we dug out near the river. That might be illegal to do (an environmental law)- how ironic because one goal for these stoves is that they're better for the environment, because they use less firewood.
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arlene...oh my goodness...i just read through a lot of blog entries to get caught up, and my heart is so tight with missing los higos.
i just had an idea that i wanted to run by you - do you think that si might be able to use an engineering intern in los higos this summer? i have to do a 10-week technical engineering internship, and because of my passions, i've been looking at different overseas Christian organizations, especially those that do community development work.
i don't have a lot of money, and i know that si is sort of expensive to work through, but maybe something could be figured out, and i would love love love to work with you and the others again. oh man, to hang out with guelo, frandy, and victor...dang. also, my girlfriend (have i told you about her before?)has to do a global ministeries internship, so maybe she could come too!
anyway, i'm realizing that this may have been more appropriate in an email, but whatever...i got excited about all that you're doing, and with the stoves!
blessings sista,
juanito <><
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