Happy Mother's Day

What a great day! We went out for brunch after church and then to an art show of blown glass. (it was beautiful stuff. would've been nice to share it with Sam.) after that, we rode the bike trail loop. i played in the dirt. Marilyn helped me uncover flowers. Jeff & B made me a compost bin. Had a delicious grilled steak dinner and the kids sang their traditional "Mother I Love You!" song. i have a really fun family!

Bolivia continued....

I wrote about how the UAC has grown by leaps and bounds in my last post. I thought it might be fun to publish a few of the pictures that show the changes.

This is the addition to the new eco-tourism building. The whole eco-tourism major is new to the UAC since the first time we visited. this is the new coffee processing plant. When we visited in 2002 the coffee was roasted in a hand crank roaster. they have a water processing system down below to take the acidity out of the water before it is reused and a coffee plant nursery as well.

This is the new church.

Here's a picture of the inside.

A close up of the crucifix. the whole thing is carved out of one piece of wood (except the arms). it is amazing... my picture does not do it justice.

The ambo or lectern... John 3:16.

The baptismal font.... the water is pumped up to the top to run down all the rocks to the pool at the bottom. The plants you see on the edges are all native to the area. It is a magnificent work of art. Below is a close up picture of the statue of St Francis that is in the font. the UAC was founded by a Franciscan Sister.
The following is a view from the top of the bell tower.

The grey building is the volunteer house. That's where we stayed this time and also where we stayed when we visited Becky. the building to the back and right of the volunteer house wasn't there in 2002. there's also another one you can't see that is to the right and opposite of the volunteer house. They are all dorms, class rooms, and faculty offices.
And... just so you know this is really Carmen Pampa and not everything has changed.....

kids and mud...

taken from the church's bell tower. :)