Boa Entrada

More Chicken Coops

This past Tuesday we drove up to Assomada to check on the progress of chicken coops that Paulo is building.  We also had a meeting with President Torres of Assomada district. Here are the photos of two of the chicken coops!  The first is on a rooftop, and the family came outside and greeted us and we went up to take a look.  I enjoyed walking through the house to the back yard where the roof stairs were.  It was a beautiful small home.

The photo on the left shows the roof top chicken coop, the family, and Paolo, the carpenter, in a white T-shirt.

Here is Elder Biven taking a look at the new coop - - no door yet; that is what Paulo was working on.  That and the nesting boxes

Below is the other coop in Assomada. The family had obtained a rooster and a hen from somewhere and they were inside, testing it out.

The Boa Entrada Kapoc Tree

On Tuesday, after our meetings, we took a "p-day" or preparation day, as the young missionaries do.  They have a day to do their laundry and shop and just kind of rest, or go do fun stuff like play soccer or sight-see.  So we went to see the BIG Kapok tree near the village of Boa Entrada which is just outside of Assomada.  It was like something out of a Disney Movie.  It was the hugest living thing I have ever seen.  And it was beautiful, it was extraordinary and beautiful.  First photo is from a distance, something big towering over everything else.

This second photo is climbing up the steep hill it grows against, Elder Biven standing next to it.















This third photo is of Sister Biven after coming around the base of the Kapok tree to where we were above the tree on the hill.

And this fourth photo is looking up.  Doesn't do it justice, but looking up.  There is something awesome about seeing a natural wonder like this.  And the fact that it was healthy and alive..... what an experience.  We lingered for a few moments, just looking at it.  Then we hiked back to our car and drove back up the cobblestone trek with hairpin turns on a very steep cliff face, back into Assomada and on to Praia.