Accident Update :: Cool Cash :: HOT WEATHER

Sunset on the Patio Tuesday Night

Hello everyone-
Thank you for your prayers. I am feeling much better. Last night I slept without a coughing episode. Leslie has been sleeping a little better too.

Since the accident at Vera's house, we have not been able to do any Laundry because the water was turned off. The plumber ended up not being reliable. Our upstairs neighbor Jorge said he could help me fix it. If you knew Jorge you would think he would not be able to do any manual labor. He is a homosexual and very feminine. Just goes to show you that you can't judge by appearance. He knew exactly what was needed for the project. We went to Home Depot and purchased a sink, plumbing kit, Torch, Gas, sodder, PVC joints, PVC Glue, copper pipe and a copper pipe cutter. Everything ended up being around $80. I went over Sunday after church and started the project, preparing the wall and cutting off the top of the pipe. Jorge and his boyfriend came down and took over as I left to help Pastor Ric pour a cement floor out at the dump.

Joel working under the sink

When I came back, they had soddered one piece, and assembled the sink and attached it to the wall. However none of the plumbing was done. After further consideration, I decided to change the way the plumbing connected. Instead of hard wiring/soddering the plumbing to the sink, I decided to add a Valve shut-off at the wall and put a flexible tube from the wall to the sink. It worked flawlessly with no leaks. The next issue was making the plumbing drain from the sink back into the wall... With some Silicone I was able to connect that with no leaks too. I am not a plumber and have no practical experience doing any of this. I thank God for guiding me through the steps and giving inspiration how to do this right. Needless to say, the water is back on and Sylvia our neighbor and Leslie can start washing clothes again.

Mitcha is still VERY PREGNANT

This week we take over Patti and Rays class. We are continuing their education and teaching items in the Kitchen. I drew some simple objects in Illustrator. Today they wrote English words below the pictures I drew. We also made a list of Rules on how to obey and began a reward system called "COOL CASH." The "cool cash" allows them to buy prizes when we bring them to school. The rules are simple : 1 Respect each other 2 Listen to who is speaking 3 Share nicely 4 Don't grab for things, wait your turn and 5 Do your your best at every task. They seemed to like the idea of Cool Cash and really were learning the 16 new kitchen items we did today.

I played Hang Man with the kitchen words and they really liked it!

(Leslie Typing) I went to Quimixto today with Randy and passed out flyers in the community letting them know the dates and times of the "clinic." I think it went well. I gave a small stack to two guys named Jose Luis and Rodrigo to hand out. The clinic will be at Rodrigo's house, and Jose Luis is one of the prominent people in Quimixto. God is good because there was a parent's meeting going on at school when we got there so I was able to distribute flyers to them and also to all the students. Between now and next week, I will be buying supplies and medicines. Please be praying that God would give me wisdom to know the right thing to do for every person that comes by!

Tomorrow we are going to teach how to set a table with the words we just learned.

The temperature has been rising little by little every day. While walking the street we really notice a difference. Luckily our car has Air Conditioning. Our car, when the air conditioning is on, does not over heat at all... In fact the temperature does better with AC than without it.

We hope everyone is doing well-

Joel and Leslie in Mexico.