Today is the first day of school! I will post some pictures of the students soon. Here are a few of the guys fixing the chairs. Rain had ruined the pressboard that used to be on them so they replaced it all with plywood. They also made and painted new benches... more pictures soon!

Watering with the Trash Pump

The blue snake-looking thing is the hose from the trash pump.

Yesterday the guys used the water that had collected in our "ma" (water hole) to really soak some areas that didn't get as much water on Wednesday.

More Rain! - BIG TIME!

Well, we finally had a really nice big rain.
All the water holes are filled and the trees are nice and soaked!
PRAISE GOD!!!

Planting New Trees!

Buying Trees at Ti Carinaj

Preparing for New Trees

The guys working to clear a pile of sand so that they can plant trees!
Among those working are Sam Schaefer from Germany
and Auguste Joseph from P-au-P.

Mountains covered in "Zeb a Flech" - a tough grass.

The guys haul the Zeb a Flech to put around the trees.
It keeps the water from running off when it rains.

Putting Zeb a Flech where we are going to plant trees.

Trees that have been lined with Zeb a Flech.

The guys put some of the new water tanks up on blocks to facilitate watering the new trees.

Watering the Trees

Thanks to the new trash pump the guys are able to quickly gather any dirty water that is sitting around and transfer it to the new trees. It is hard work though as the hose is difficult to hold on to with all that water pressure! The pictures are of them watering last night and again this morning.

Planting New Trees

Today the guys are out planting trees!