Lots to be done ...

I visited the school in Buenos Aires and checked in on how they are doing. The screens on the windows have held up, the well is working and the schools paint looks pretty good. After assessing their situation, there is a need for a bathroom makeover. It is a “porta potty” style with shallow holes for the waste, and at this point I wouldn’t want to know how many fly’s go in and out and then land on the kids. The smell gets unbearable inside and there is little privacy, especially for the staff. The teachers told me that if there is anything we ever want to do to help out that situation they would gladly receive it. Since they get so much wind from the lake a windmill connected to their pump, a water tank, septic tank and some piping could get them flushable toilets. In the calm season a $160.00 dollar generator and a small pump would fill their tank every week. The wooden slats on the bathroom walls are getting beyond just paint every year and should probably be replaced sometime soon. We may be able to convince the Mayor to give a small amount per month for gasoline in the generator. The whole project would probably be around $2,500 for supplies.



I have made an American friend in San Jorge who owns a hotel a few blocks from our house. He has five horses that he keeps on his property year around and originally had bought them to ride. As most horse owners he has now decided that he’s not able to ride them as much as needed. After explaining to him what we do at Camp and that we are interested in incorporating horse back riding he suggested that we take his horses on permanent loan. He gave us two Geldings, a Mare, and two Colts along with two saddles. The horses are enough to begin a small program that hopefully will be a fun activity for the kids at camp as well as gringo mission teams passing through.

I met with Halle August last week and picked his brain on the last four or five years that he has been here. What an amazing ministry he has going on, and what a huge impact sports can have on children’s lives especially in this country. It would be great if one day Campo could have a finished baseball and soccer field available for the local community to use, as well as the use for our camps. There are many churches (in the south especially) that would love to come and run simple sports camps for a week at a time. It would be a lot of work though to level and grade the land the cattle are currently on, but of course as always, it’s nothing for God.