Well-That is a deep subject

Today the three of us headed down to Pachacamac with plans in hand and measured out the location for our well. We met the contractor who is going to dig it and we discussed depth, diameter and materials to go into the walls of the well. The guy said that usually after 2 metres you will encounter water and we decided that he would aim for 8 metres depth for the finished well. He and his crew are going to start on Monday and they are digging the whole thing with shovels and picks. He estimated 20 days till completion. This is our first step in beginning construction of our new children's home on this site. With the water from the well our building contractor will be able to mix his cement and get started on our families houses. How exciting! Check the blog later in the week and I will get some pictures of the progress of the well.

Thanks Jon and Dave

Today we said goodbye to Jon Hayes and Dave Facente seen above with Eduardo. They are two young men from New Jersey who came down for a month to help with construction in Manchay. During their time here they helped dig out an area for our next team to landscape, they levelled our driveway ready to pave, they helped pour the floor of our new two storey building as well as form and pour 25 columns and sanded and varnished our playground at the children's home. Jon and Dave are extremely hardworking guys and we are very thankful to them for all that they accomplished. Their stay here in Peru was not all work as they managed a few outings with the team from Cedar Creek, they went paragliding, and worked the door of a very busy Peruvian city bus. Jon and Dave, we are going to miss you guys and please know that you are welcome to come back anytime.

Welcome

Welcome to our first post on our new Kids Alive International Peru construction blog. We hope that our work teams and other supporters will be able to use this blog as a tool to stay up to date on our progress on our various ministry sites and projects. The above photo is of our Manchay Oasis care center. This project is in the final stages of construction and we are looking forward to soon starting work on our Pachacamac children's home site.