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Philip’s house has had a major growth spurt this weekend! You see that super long 4×4 he’s resting his ladder on? Some tender loving care went into producing that piece of lumber On Friday, Josh and John Michael were swapped out for Jotham and today Steve and Bill came in. Now we have one week […]

Well, the days of our big blue plastic houses sticking out like a sore thumb are coming to an end. The Kovol people are helping us blend in a little better with… bamboo camouflage The bush house surveys its surroundings from its hiding spot Now this is no small undertaking! The local area doesn’t currently […]

We are back in the bush and ready for action! and buy action I mean more milling, there’s nothing like settling in to a 45 minute cut to really get the blood pumping! Our newcomer this trip is John Michael… John Michael is in the back wearing the “I *heart* witches shirt He seems to […]

So fun story (unfortunately I don’t have photos of this fun story, but luckily for you I have a drawing app on my phone)! Don’t you feel special? A few weeks back, on the second mill trip, Steve had been cutting a tree down for us to turn into glorious lumber. Unfortunately, instead of falling […]

Life is cozy now in Kovol! A little cluttered in my room We can power our devices, shut out the wind at night, sleep without mice running about our faces, the list goes on! The German territory in the kitchen My dad well settled in his hammock We fly out tomorrow so this weekend we’ve […]

Did I ever tell you that Philip brought a bunch of Germans (well, four of them) over to help build the houses? Well he did, and that’s cool! Look at that German, stapling house wrap to my house Not only do Germans help build houses, they also say silly things. Like the time I told […]

So, as I’m sure you would have guessed, the building has continued on my house. Last week I even ditched milling for half the day in order to help out on the roof. My help wasn’t needed much, but I was needed to approve of this totally safe ladder As soon as my house was […]

While our men have been gone doing the very manly work of building our houses and growing their facial hair to the macho-est of proportions, we ladies have not been sitting around eating bonbons and pining for them. Our days have been brimming with all the expected duties that come along with caring for children […]

While our two weeks off were well spent with Central Area’s conference, logistics (of course), and what might have been dysentery; we are three days into the first build trip! This trip features Bill and Jotham, who know how to build things, and of course Philip who is back with their new child. New child […]