Various front shots from the courtyard.



The pavers went in with gravel and sand foundations to promote drainage.



We enjoyed designing the sunflower railing design upstairs.



Next we need to build the school house and dorm complex. We have the plans and building permit and are ready when funds become available.



The view from sea level.

Some overtime on the second floor and playground/yard. We were able to install pavers with bermuda grass so that the children will have a lawn to run on when they go outside for play time.



The pavers went in with gravel and sand foundations to promote drainage.



The front gate has been updated with the sunflower railing design to match the railing upstairs.



The single helix going to the roof deck.



We are still working out a color scheme for the arches, the lime green we tried wasn't a match. It's looking like Barrier Reef is the best color.

We all managed to get together for a group shot, our pre Christmas pose in uniform!



A child takes inventory of all the little babies. We are full once again and we have a bunch of toddlers, many talking and jabbering freely now.



On our neighbors lot we continue to grow many varieties of vegetables for the staff and children. All natural, healthy and fresh to the table. We are able to sell some of the herbs and vegetables to walk in customers and one super market. The property is available and for sale. If some one buys it from the owner we will lose that part of the farm. We pray we will be able to buy it next year.



We hired a sugar-mill-on-wheels to extract cane juice. It was a handy machine that allowed us to extract almost 3 drums of cane juice. Then we had to cook down 500 Liters into about 25 Kilos of raw organic sugar. That should hold us for a few birthday cakes at the orphanage.



The flowering of the sugar cane indicates high concentration of sugars with minimum water content. These are fifteen foot tall photosynthetic factories of natural sweetness.

Some of the finished wood work turned out better than we expected. We use alot of Ipil and Narra in the Philippines. This is the ceiling, narra plywood panels stained and in place.



This is the back room of the staff quarters, we put in a loft that can double as overflow sleeping if we have special cases that need protection.



This is the two-shower-two-toilet-two-sink-no-waiting staff C.R. (comfort room).