We know we haven't done much posting lately but are trying to remedy that. I've added some links to a couple of great organizations we're affiliated with here - read more in the sidebar to the right and check out the links there. Georgia and Katie will be posting articles soon (within the next week or so). And we continue to add photos from our journeys (also on the sidebar to the right). A few other quick updates:
- School continues to go well for the girls (even though Katie reported having the worst school day of the year earlier this week) and both Katie and Georgia are constantly improving their spanish speaking skills (frequently correcting Cathy and I when needed).
- Cathy was bitten by a dog this week but after multiple visits to the doctor and the dog's owner (who claims it was some other dog that bit Cathy), we think everything is going to be fine. Cathy finishes teaching her ceramics class this week but has also started teaching English at the girls' school and is giving lessons to several residents of Pisac in her spare time.
- I continue my work helping to build biosand water filters - mostly pouring concrete filter containers, helping refine the design for a new PVC biosand filter and exercising my math skills to do calculations for the new filter, and going on the occasional field trip to the communities where DESEA will be providing filters later this year.
- Our next family trip will be to the town of Puno and Lake Titicaca in southern Peru. From everything we've heard, we can expect a beautiful and fascinating trip, including visits to several islands within the lake and an overnight stay with a family on one of those islands.
That's all for now. More to come soon from Katie and Georgia.
Matt
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