My Week in La Bocana

It has been a while since I posted a report about the kids. Recently a guest asked how I kept myself from being bored. It took me a minute to answer since I find life so amazingly fulfilling here in La Bocana. So,just to give everyone an idea of how life here is, here is a recap of this last week:


Les wants all our B&B rooms to have their own bathrooms, so we are in the midst of making a huge septic tank. Planning and Digging and Machinery and Noise:











On Thursday Les and I snuck over to San Ignacio - had coffee at Victor's. It was crowded!








We visited with Gary (who just had a knee replacement) and Terry at the yurts. They are doing great - he and she both lost a lot of weight. Then we drove by La Huerta to see the progress on the new restaurant:








These boys stopped by Friday to tell me our soccer team had won their game! I made us some guacamole and chips to celebrate. One of the goals was made by our little protégé Ramses! I have talked to all the kids on the team and we are trying to reform him into a decent child -soon to become teen - soon to become adult. Hopefully you all remember him from the previous post. He is the kid with green holding baseball glove, on the right. I cannot tell you how cute this kid is. He has dimples you can fit the world in!











The other little one is Iram and he told me his birthday was the next day. So, I told the kids to come at 3:00 on Saturday and we would have cake for him. They did come and it was so fun, Iram got pencils and pens and crayons (what else does a teacher give??).










In the morning, my good friend Minerva,student Karime and I went to the area behind the baseball field and did a one hour clean up. Here is a shot of me and the big bag we filled:








After the clean up, I took Karime for pancakes at the Cabañas restaurant since she said she had never been. She is my 9th grade student and it was nice to get to know her a little better.






Back to the birthday party: after the party, I took the boys to finish the clean up that Minerva, Karime and I hadn't quite finished in the a.m. It is the part of the area closest to the cabañas and therefore closest to the ocean. The kids make a game of it - racing each other to see who can pick up the trash the fastest!






















Ramses is the one in the middle - see his smile!?









and there you have a week in the life of Blanca! If anyone is headed south and wants to help out, the soccer club needs BALLS! I need jumpr ropes, hoola hoops and Frisbees and bike patches (other projects).


Being that today was Sunday, I prayed for ya'all! Semana Santa is over and school starts up mañana.

thanks all! I love my life and am grateful for every moment.

as you know, without the Baja helpers, it would not be possible. I pray that God keeps each of you healthy and wealthy.