This month, for the first time in three years the road from Riberalta to the Casa Segura property was cut because of the rain. Jungle life becomes a bit more of a challenge when the only way to supplies is pushing a motorbike through 50 metres of knee deep mud! For about a week there the road was impassable with trucks and cars stuck in the mud whole 24 hours a day as they tried to get through.

Despite these challenges, this year is shaping up to be a year of birth and growth for us here at Casa Segura. Eeni, meeni, minie and mo, our four little pigs were born in the last week of March. They have already doubled in size and are sooo cute! So the agricultural part of the project continues to grow. We now have 8 sheep, 5 pigs, 3 dogs and too many chooks to count (all of which I frequently have to chase out of the office). Along with our abundance of fruit trees we now have the beginnings of a the farm that will later serve the needs of the orphanage.

Our school opened at the beginning of the month. All the photos are on the next page. So all the kids got their new uniforms and at the same time we took the opportunity to make uniforms for the staff as well. For a few days there the office was full of green and gold screen printed T-shirts waiting to the distributed.

We now have children at Casa Segura everyday and it is a great joy to sit in my office and look out at the children learning their ABCs and two times table. To see them playing football and hear them laughing with their friends. It’s a great way to remind myself what I came here for. To bless the lives of children through the love and blessings available through Jesus Christ!