Took the boy scouts for a hike

We took the scouts for a hike and for camping. It was about a 4 hour hike. They got very tired. Luckily we were able to buy more water along the way. Some hill climbing, some forest, and some long open field grass. They spent a fair amount of time catching grasshoppers so we could eat them when we got to camp. The only real challenge was crossing a ten foot wide river on a skinny tree. Luckily we got everyone across without getting wet. As soon as we got to camp they collected would and started a fire with one match. No problem. They are all good at making fires. The grasshoppers they pull the wings and the legs off and cook them in oil. Tasted kinda like french fires. For a tent it was just tying a blue tarp to two trees and holding the ends down with rocks. It worked. I thought it was funny because none of them wanted to sleep on the ends because they are afraid of owls. I think they believe it brings bad spirits. But if they ever hear an owl they get scared. We also had a big camp fire and I sang some camp fire songs for them they thought it was funny. Especially doing the Hokey Pokey. 

Then the next day I took the boys for a bike ride up the small mountain to the radio station. It was a long trek for the them but they were tough. We made it to the top in about 2 hours. Then it took probably 30 minutes to go down. I’m glad to be here and give the boys these opportunities. They are lacking male role models here at the orphanage being around sisters all day. It was a another fun weekend.

 The guard dogs have not been washed in one year. It was long over do so we washed the dogs

 Playing pool outside under at thatch roof

The children at the orphanage are writing letters to Corpus Christi Church in Tucson, AZ