Well, this was it. We hoped. One final trip to the mountains to complete all bathrooms and hand out all the clothes and items designated for “Help the Kids” This was a monumental task for many reasons. The primary was we needed to make it to all 3 villages with a great deal of cargo. [...]
For 3 weeks Paul and I solicited donations from our friends and people who have been following GringoesLoco and the mission McNeill project. Amazingly we were able to raise over 1500 dollars for buying much needed supplies for the kids of our 3 villages. We were also able to use the funds to help an [...]
This last weekend, in between our mountain trips, Paul and I took 8 orphans for a senior trip to Cusco. There are 30 girlsthat live in the orphanage, and these were the seniors about to graduate from the school. Many of them grew up in the mountains and then their parents turned them over to [...]
Our 3rd trip to the mountains, to a village called Hualaza, was another interesting experience. We dropped off the frist batch of donations, worked on a bathroom and pipes, and had a harrowing escape back to civilization. Check out the video, pics, and the whole story below. Frank the Goat River Crossing – Nick Mountain [...]
OK, I will cut straight to the chase: I’m pregnant. We are not sure of the sex, but we think it is a little girl. She is about 2 or 3 weeks old and probably conceived in the mountains. I am already showing signs of pregnancy, a much larger stomach and strange food cravings. The [...]