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Thursday, July 24, 2014

In the Mighty Jungle

The beginning Process.  No leaves on the trees, Amanda still pregnant, and a lot to clear of all the leaves.

Day 1 of building!  All the upright polls had to go in, fresh green leaves and Amy Grace at 1 month old!

End of day 2!  Uprights up, as well as the roof polls.  

While the men were away for 3 days on the mens hike, I got to work on a few small projects like finishing our shelves...

...our bed, and our dresser shelving.  As well as tending to Amy of course!

After 2 long weeks of building Move in day came!  It was a bit chilly and we got started early in the morning.  Amy Grace all bundled up at 6 weeks old.  

Mitchell got to practice his tree cutting skills a lot while we were in Jungle Camp.  Mostly he had to use a bow saw cutting and chopping it all by hand.  This day though we had a demonstration on how to properly use a chainsaw, and we cut down some of the larger dead trees that needed to come down. 

Amy stayed nice and warm in her cozy fleece sleeping sacks a friend made for her.  :)

The view from our bed.  My most favourite place!  We had lots to do each day to get the basic things done, but we did also have a lot of down time!  I loved spending time reading, napping and relaxing with Amy on our bed.  Mitch wired a couple computer fans to our car battery so on the hot days we could lay in bed and have a cool breeze blowing our way.

Amy began smiling while we were there!  She also began teething, putting her hand to her mouth and cooing.  She just LOVED looking up at our clear roof and seeing all the shadows and lights move.  It was like one big mobile for her!

We had to take part in a chicken butchering.  From the live bird to the meat in the bag we learned how to kill, clean and cut up a chicken.  Pretty interesting!  Most countries overseas dont have their meats prepared like we have it here in North America.  There is often some dirty work involved in eating meat most other places.

The view of our house.  

The Georgian Bay.  Both the men and the women went on a hike along this beautiful coastline!  The men hiked for 3 days during one of our building weeks, and the women went for two days the last week of Jungle camp.  I only went for the 1st day of the hike.  Mitch had Amy all day and they both enjoyed their 1 on 1 time together.  

Some of the ladies on the hike.

Mitch directing a water balloon relay game with all of the kids.  The adults all took turns leading games in the afternoons for the kids.  It was great to see everyone come together and help out in keeping the children busy.  :)

This is just a snapshot of our time in Jungle Camp!  We had a lot of fun, were challenged and grew in many ways!  We are so thankful for the opportunity to train in such a unique and awesome way!