WE START OUR 1ST
CHICKEN COOP
The most notable event this week was that we started the
construction of our first coop. Most of
the morning was taken up with buying supplies and getting it transported to the
site. The Church has not agreed to a
method of transferring funds to a Branch President so he can purchase things,
so we are financing the project out of personal funds and will get reimbursed
later. This picture is a delivery of
sand, cement, wood poles, tin, nails, lumber, tools, etc.
Since this is our first coop, we had some false starts and
had to do a lot of thinking, but we made slow but steady progress. We didn’t get as much done as we would have
liked, but so goes it in the DR. We are
anxious to get his constructed, make needed design changes and list of
materials so we can go to other Branches.
Bro. Soriano helped Wallac make the purchases.
This is the place!
Edith gets in on the action
The Wegeners taught the first Micro-Business class on the
afternoon of the same day that we started the coop. Normally, we are going to require that all
the training classes are completed BEFORE any coops are constructed.
RUBBER CHICKEN
The family we are building the chicken coop for insisted
that we have lunch with them. We had
brought our own lunch, but they insisted and we relented.
Edith watched the lady of the house clean the dishes with
dirty water, kill the chicken in the living room, pluck the feathers in the
kitchen letting the feathers fall on the floor and chopping the chicken on
dirty kitchen counters. It didn’t
improve the appetite. We are hoping and
praying we don’t get sick.
The mango this little girl was chewing on was very dirty.
They offered each of us a pile of rice large enough for 3
people and plopped a piece of chicken in the middle of the rice. There is a price war of sorts between Haiti
and the DR so you can buy full sized chickens for $50 pesos right now (about $1
US). Doesn’t that chicken look
delicious? She put it in a pressure
cooker and it came out so tough it was difficult to chew. We are still picking meat out of our teeth a
day later. They are a real nice family
and we love them a lot. We just hope we
live to tell about it.
A filthy ditch carries water right next to the house. It probably conveys every known parasite and
disease known to man. We are not sure if
the family is using this water for anything, but it is right where the kids
play and the pipe that brings water to the house appears to be coming from a
pipe inserted in the canal, although it may just be running along its side. Either way, the proximity is too close for
comfort.
NATIONAL READING
PROGRAM
We were invited by Sur Futuro to a signing ceremony held at
the Embajador Hotel. It consisted of a
lot of speeches and bragging. This is a
picture of Katia Majia, one of the people with Sur Futuro an organization we
have worked with in the past.
Edith in front of the Embajador Hotel
VISION PROJECT
We traveled to La Romana to plan out the details of our next
Vision Project. We will provide the
materials so Los Americanos hospital can train 300 health promoters. The health promoters will be able to
recognize those with visual problems and refer them to the La Romana Clinic for
a free exam. It will be a great project.
I'll pray for your health. Chicken anyone?
ReplyDeleteI think you ought to begin thinking about a second career in either stand-up comedy or comic writing somewhere. We enjoyed reading this in between laughing our heads off.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the update Wallace. I'm excited to hear about the success of the chicken coops. I hope they work out. You two are doing a great work and inspiring lots of people along the way. Thanks!
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