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Recruiting for the Epsilon Class! Contact me if you know a student that would like to do a sustainable design project in rural Nicaragua.

Everyone is home safely and thinking of our friends in Nicaragua!

Translators and student teams are working on final presentations this a.m. Prototypes are completed and co-designer feedback is in progress. EOS technicians will be evaluating student teams tomorrow and giving them feedback on their designs.

Final touches on prototypes! Testing and optimization are underway.

Dinner and beautiful sunset at Playa de Pinetas.

Ossa, Alvero's dog, surprised us all yesterday. The first report was that Ossa had 6 new puppies. But Ossa had other plans--a seventh puppy joined the world shortly after we heard the news of six. Milton is sticking with his prediction of eight. Keep tuned.

La Casita--a treasured of jams, jellies, honey, bread, and other fresh treats. We stopped off for a snack before heading back to San Isidro.

Don Rafael and his will wife host us for coffee and Don Rafael's hand rolled ci**rs at their home Casa de Algeria. Cigar connoisseurs tell me they are very good ci**rs. The students agree.

4 females and 2 males. All adorable!

Big day in San Isidro! Ossa had her puppies today! 6 of them. The students were taking bets on how many puppies she would have. Winner of the bet to be determined at lunch. Puppy pictures soon to come after mom Ossa has more time with them.

Teams will soon put the finishing touches on all prototypes. Los Bloques, Steven, Nate, and Bethany, expect their first pour tomorrow! Standardized, strong concrete blocks soon on the way. Revenue modeling has started and thoughts of final reports are dancing in the student's heads. Today, we head out to Casa de Alegria to sample Don Rafael's ci**rs and organic coffee. Dinner at La Casita where local artisan's sell their art.

Katie and the pellet team are perfecting their binding agent for fuel pellets. The stove team did their first burn today!