This Week in Review

This past week Dane and Javier finished putting up all the beams for the second story of the house. They also framed up a few walls. It is really exciting to see the house starting to come together. We look forward to having actual walls around us again, but living in tents has not been bad. It has opened our eyes to many things and we have appreciated all the lessons we have learned from the experience.


The week before last we got an email from the Argentina Federal Police in Buenos Aires saying that Joseph's passport application was denied because they were lacking some paperwork. Thankfully, they told us that we could reapply for the passport without cost to us, so we traveled to Posadas on Thursday to do this; however, we were asked to return tomorrow so that the gentlemen in the office could find out all that is required of us in Buenos Aires for the second application. Lord willing, this time around all will go without a hitch. We will let you know how that goes in the next post.

Here are some other pictures of things of interest from last week.

I got stung by a bee, I think, or it may have been a wasp. Anyway, my right hand has been swollen for about three days now and really itchy. The swelling is starting to go down now and I no longer look like I have a boxing glove on my hand. Since we are now raising bees, I am glad to know that I am not allergic to them.

This is a picture of a "pepino del monte." We found these wild cucumbers that the Sosa's have told us about growing near our garden fence. They are small like the size of a baby carrot, but they taste just like a regular cucumber. It is so much fun finding wild edibles. We also have wild blackberries and many kinds of wild fruit trees in the forest too. Another wild plant that is good to eat is the bamboo. If the bamboo shoots are picked when they are small, they can be cooked and eaten. We haven't cooked any yet, but have picked some and eaten them raw.

This is a picture of Abby putting the baby to sleep. He looks nearly half her size now, but she is very good with him. Many nights she sings to him and bounces him to sleep.

Well it is time to start getting cleaned up for the day. The mornings and the evenings are starting to get colder now, so we start bathing earlier.