Fred projects

Trial and error is what it's about, right? Fred and I have been working on a solar powered water heater that has nothing electric and no moving parts, which is ideal for our salt water. An electric water heater lasts a maximum of two years so we've been without hot water for a number of years. Cold water is fine for the summer but the winter gets cold enough to make you think twice whether or not you need a shower lol. Especially for little kids. We put a test model together with materials we could find locally. We had bought a hose that we thought should hold up to the heat but with only standing in the sun a few hours it softened up too much and kinked, not letting water through. So we will have to see if copper is available. I can't wait till we have a true test to see how it works. Our hope is that this will be a beginning of a sponsorship program for people to get involved in. A unit like this should supply water to one housing unit, and at this point we would need about ten units like this. This would include housing for orphan's and volunteers. More info to follow on this as time progresses. 

We've also been working on an awning for Avis's house that she will be able to roll in and out to keep the morning sun off her house. She has no windows on three sides so it gets really hot in there. We have a guy across the street that does the welding for us. I think me and Fred almost drive him crazy with our poor Spanish  He does his best to understand but often we have to point and draw and explain for a long time. We are very blessed to have some local small shops that help us out. We had some electrical work done on the old comby, it didn't start properly. Our electric guy worked on it for a few hours and replaced some wires, and it ended up working great. He charged us S/.30 which is about $12, a garage back home won't even look at your vehicle for 12 dollars.

George has been working hard on his own projects while me and Fred work on ours. He fixed an old copier for us that we had thought unworthy to fix, but George is a genius when it comes to copiers so he got it running smooth. And today he worked on painting some outdoor chairs that really needed to be done.

We just got back from our beautiful friends Auden and Wendy, what a great night of fellowship with all our brothers and sisters. This will be the last weekend Fred George and Tony will be here so it was great to have a get together before they get ready to leave. It sure is good to have teams here for inspiration and help with upkeep and new ideas for Casa de Paz. But it will be nice to have a time of less busy to focus on my family, our baby is due in just six days. I am so thankful for a patient wife, I haven't been around as much as a good husband should and she does very little complaining about it. God knew what he was doing when he hooked me up with her. 

So if you try and you err in your walk with God, learn from it repent from it and move on. You will never reach perfection without going through many errors. God bless you dearly