Greetings at the end of our first full week in Cape Three Points! Things are rolling along smoothly and quickly, and we are trying to figure out how to slow down time and extend our stay. We've made great progress on our work, having finished digging the foundation to the huge, two story library. Next week we will make concrete and begin to pour the foundation.

The library will serve the entire community of Cape Three Points, the first such effort of its kind and an incredible opportunity for all residents of the area. We've also made headway on our garden project, which is to help build a sustainable food source for the students and also teach them various horticulture techniques. We've paired up with the student of the Trinity Yard to help us on this project. After clearing space and moving compost and soil around, we should be ready to plant the seeds we brought with us by next week.

Finally, Yara continues to take a group of students to the primary school daily to help teach lessons and model new, more engaging teaching methods within the classrooms. This has been a welcome alternative for the young students and much different than the chalk/blackboard and corporal punishment approach they are used to.

We've also mastered some new skills with our drum and dance lessons, batik class, and chip away at our independent projects before the sun sets. Naturally, we fit in a good ocean swim and some fun every day too. The weather has been blazing hot, but a nice jungle rain shower cooled things off last night at dinner time. We look forward to the weekend and some fun activities with the TYS students.

More to come soon. Hope all is well back home. Couldn't help but notice the news so I had to add a final shout out to my alma mater, GO BUTLER!

Best,

Mark, Yara, and John