architecture and environmental engineering

Spent all day in College Station, PA yesterday meeting with a Penn State architecure student. He wants to partner with ChildReach Ministries to build an orphanage on the same property as Hannah's Home in Chilca, Peru. He told us he wants this project to be his masters thesis. And when I first heard about this I was hopeful but skeptical. A lot of people tell us what they would "like" to do but there are really only a few "doers".

Dave is a "doer". He had a scale model to show us as well as a presentation on structure, air flow, lighting, etc. This project has gone from dream to reality. He is planning on bringing between 45 and 60 Penn State students and alumni on a trip at the end of this year to build it. He has a team raising $75,000.00 for constuction materials and is a fourth of the way there or better.

He had a buddy that is working on a PHD in environmental engineering present several options for wastewater treatment, one of which is called a "living machine". This uses plants and snails and fish along with anaerobic and aerobic (I'm not talking about exercising here - this is some kind of tank system that treats wastewater) systems to make the grey water from sinks and showers recycleable. I told John I loved how he was using his skills for God. He said he was just learning to help build a system that God already designed in nature. Pretty awesome view of it if you ask me.

Chris - happy mothers day! Thanks for being a great mother to our kids.

Mom - happy mothers day! Thanks for sticking with your kids when you were alone and it was hard and you didn't know how you'd make it. You made it.