Progress on the new site

Back yard with the banana trees trimmed

Front yard getting greener

   As you can see from some of the pictures, we are getting closer to moving day. There is still much to be done but so much has already been accomplished. With two more outreach teams, a family from our home area and then a work team from our sending church in Indiana the second week in April, we should be ready for the move by the middle of April. Karen and I have both mentioned that the more that gets done, the more we see that needs to be done. As of this past weekend, the property is a bit more secure now that the chain-link fence and the new gates have been finished. All the banana trees in the back center yard have been trimmed and fertilized. Once a tree produces a stalk of bananas, it wont produce again. so it needs top be cut off about a foot from the ground and then a new shoot comes out of that stump. I know that most of you will use that information with the banana trees in your own back yard :).   The "new" used stove and refrigerator have been installed in the kitchen and are ready for use. Currently at the old site, there is a neighbor lady that cooks the meals for the kids in her home and then brings them on a moped at lunch time. With the new site having a larger kitchen, she will begin to cook the meals on site.

New Gates and the finished fence

Banana tree stump just 2 days after trimming (actually cutting it off)

A couple of weeks ago, we had a visit from the Ministero de Educacion. We are now in the process "again" to register Genesis as a recognized school here in the country. It will most likely be awhile until that actually takes place but the process has begun. There are advantages and disadvantages to that but we feel that the pluses outweigh the minuses. So far the people that we have been in contact with have been very helpful in helping us with the process. You can pray for that area that if this is the direction that God wants Genesis to go, then we would follow through with it and that it would be a smooth transition. Our hope is that we can be all done with the process by the time that the school re-opens in May. Keep watching for more pictures and updates of the moving process.

Stump only 1 week after cutting.