Lots of progress has been made on the new school in Mata de Caña!  The perimeter foundation was set and bricks are being laid.  Since during the bricklaying process Robert can’t be of too much help (have you ever seen that I Love Lucy episode where she loses her wedding ring in the barbecue?) and it really is true what they say about fish and guests, the Pierce family has left Mata de Caña for a couple weeks to explore elsewhere in Nicaragua.  We’ll return to the village during the week of Thanksgiving.  Thanks to our host family, the Rodriquez’s, for putting us up for a week and hearing our gripes about the heat . . . and the cold.  Also, thanks to them for letting us take their daughter Anna with us for some travels and babysitting duty.

Next stop, the Caribbean coast!

Here’s some photos!