Update From Brother Jim Boynton
From Brother Jim via Facebook:
Jake,
thanks for your note. things here are going great guns. the reparation of the main building is almost finished. Ray Arana, who wanted to come with team rubicon, has been here for almost two months and did a great follow-up to the HEART 9/11 group. We are now back in the building and have running water etc.
the terrain accross the street is now a functioning technical school teaching masonry, carpentry, electricity, computers, and plumbing. We will also have a building there for volunteers fairly soon.
I’ve been involved in a couple of water projects in the country as well.
Conditions in the city are still very bad. more….
the conditions are still bad and there has been an upswing in violence. we can hear gun shots often during the night. there has also been some rioting in town. We had a scare with Francois the other day but it turned out to be a false alarm. The rumor mill is strange here, some guys came to our compound the other day to see me because they heard i was dying of typhoid. oh well.
by and large we are still doing great work, and i feel safe. safe enough to have groups of volunteers come down.
Hope you are well, and know you are not forgotten by at least on Jesuit who is becoming more comfortable here each day. your bro. jim
