A Birthday party in La Roca and a few other photos

Yesterday we went back to La Roca, a church in the shanty town which we helped plant two years ago and which was a shack when we first arrived in Peru in January 2005. Now it has 2 floors completed and the family are living on the bottom floor. We got a taxi half way up the hill to La Roca, as far as the road went and then had to climb up the steps to the top of the hill where the church is. We used to go up 4 or 5 times a week so the steps weren't so bad, but yesterday we both arrived out of breath. It's strange being back in Peru, because things we had temporarily forgotten come back, like the dogs that bark loudly at you as you pass the houses and the flies that fill the house because keeping things clean without running water is difficult. La Roca as it is now with the second floor built. Outside La Roca with Carlos (far right) and his friend. It felt very cold because La Roca is at the top of a hill, (with no road access) and the wind comes up the hill from about 4pm.
Angie (11), the birthday girl, and her sister Ana (3) (who both live in the bottom floor of the church in La Roca) with Daniel.
Daniel with Esther yesterday evening.

Baruj, Humberto & Esther's son, with Daniel. Baruj loves 'Naniel' and likes to play with him.