Everyday Philanthropy at work!

As many of you know PI presently has a team in Guatemala building a home for a family and also doing medical clinics.  However, while I lead the team here in Guatemala, John Wright (PI's Director of Sponsorships) is preparing to lead a team to Kyrgyzstan.  While they are there they will be following up on past dreams sponsored....checking in on children that are sponsored...visiting friends in their homes...partying with the men at the invalid home....and the list goes on.  We are able to see all these things accomplished because of two key things.  The first is the generosity of everyday philanthropists in Canada and the United States....we also now have partners in England!  If everyone does a little....we can do far more together than we could ever do alone!  The second are the incredible Dream Agents we have on the ground in Kyrgyzstan.  People like Sergei and Anya, Larissa, Vlady, Vera....and many others.  Take a tour of the Act of Kindness blog...some great inspirational reading there.  Be sure to follow this blog over the next few weeks as reports come to you from not only Guatemala but also Kyrgyzstan!

I am feeling the love!

This is the life!  I was just sitting there minding my own business after helping the doctors unpack some meds and "shazam!"....I got a peck on the cheek from Dr. Kymm and Jolyanne.  Wow!
Okay...enough about me!  Yesterday was awesome as I was able to see the medical team in action and I also dropped by the build site.  The house will be finished today.  We just loaded up some fresh pics you can view them by clicking on the pic above.

One Lucky Monkey!

Wow!  What a gig!  Yesterday I got to take part in handing out the Guatemala Family Care Packs.  For a little while I was on the "bean station" handing out a bag of beans to families as they walked by.  We handed out food to 200 families...it was well organized and was a blast.  This crazy monkey just wants to send out a shout of "thanks" to all those that donated so we could together bless these families.  My cousin Fred can have his Hollywood fame and stardom.  This is what life is all about.  Stay tuned as the Freakshow and team are not done the craziness just yet.

Hand in the cookie jar?

Sometimes....you just get caught.  I could not resist the Snickers.  This monkey loves his chocolate!  I coudl not take it anymore....I went for it....I got caught.  Jackie Todd stood up for me and I got to keep the chocolate bar.  :)
Things continue to go well at the build site.  They are saying we could have the house pretty much done here by Saturday.  The medical team continues to do clinics and are impacting many.  Last night we went to feed a bunch of volunteer firefighters and Ambulance folks.  That was really cool.  I think the Freakshow put a bit of a video together of some stuff we have been involved in to this point.  To view the video....just click on my hiney!  :)

Safety first?

Well?  What can I say?  She tells me that she was in such a hurry taking care of her husband Mike that she forgot to put on her running shoes.  She told me they had a "green patch"...lol.
Today was awesome as the Dr's and nurses showed up to help in the morning with the build.  What a crew we had.  I was back early this afternoon and they already had most of the roof on and I am told that they will be pouring concrete for the floor tomorrow.  The medical clinics kick into high gear again tomorrow.  I will have some pics up tomorrow from the medical clinics. I just posted some new construction pics on the iam1ru site.  You can visit them by clicking on Angie's flip flops....careful....do not chip the paint on her toes.

It's a new day!

Thought I might post this pic of myself in the airport in Toronto.  I look wonderphil first thing in the morning.  The boss man (also know as the Freakshow) has posted some pics on our website.  Why not take a tour over and look at them.  The pics may look a bit small...but you just click on them and prestomundo...they get large.  To see more pics click here.

The building begins....

Day one of the building saw John King, Don, Wayne, Mike, Geoffrey, Betty and Josh (grandson of John and Laurie King....our guests) head to the lumber yard where they had to load up their own lumber.  

The pics are of the building site.  As you can see Don Welten is figuring out how to make it all work.  Because the property is on a fairly steep slope there had to be a retaining wall built.  Today was going to be spent digging post holes....no gas auger friends...pick axe and Guatemalan auger.:)  Stay tuned for updated pictures on a daily basis.