Hello everybody and happy Sunday Funday!! Welcome to the NSR report with Parker. The waves aren't doing a lot; however, we have something awesome to show you (and it involves food, guys).

Not a soul was in the water this morning so I waited until later to shoot photos. Still, I found an empty ocean. I guess everybody was eating lunch?

Here's the situation: every month, the school receives rice, beans, and oil from the government. However, the school does not have a kitchen so the parents must collect the food, cook the gallo pinto, and transport it to the school. During the process, many dibilitating problems arose so Kaite and I thought of a solution...

A "fogon" is wood fed brick oven that many traditional Nicaraguan familes use. If that's what the families are accustomed to, why not build one at the school?! Another perk of the fogon is feeding the kids at school. Unfortunately, many impoverished locals do not receive the meals we are accustomed to. If the school is feeding kids, hopefully more ninos will attend and focus better. With their completed degree, they can seek higher paying jobs to raise their standard of living and drive the local economy.

Even better, why not reach out to local construction companies? NSR, Katie, and I owe a tremendous thank you the Horizon Group, Jeff Soderlind, Tony Longobucco, and Mauricio Targa. They supplied the construction materials for us to build. Thank you Horizon Group for your donation to the community and facilitating the project!

Meet Katie W, otherwise known as La Flora. She is the English teacher for the locals in our community and she is always ready to help the community. Katie, thank you for your ideas, planning, and execution of today's project!

The foundation of cinder blocks was laid and it was time to cement the first piedra cantera to the base. The piedras act as a floor because the wood will burn on top of them and send the heat upwards.

Marvin, the guy about to smack me with the spatula, was an incredible help. Although we had nine engineers on site (some of us less qualified than others), Marvin was lead man, built a rock solid oven, and always smiling.

Next up: the grill top. In this contest, tying your side of rebar the quickest, Katie won.

Alright, almost done! Stick with me here. We cemented the grill top to the base. These grill tops need to hold large pots of rice, beans, and water for 50 students.

Complete! Marvin used the extra materials to make an oven on the bottom to bake bread and store wood. We all agreed that is the best, sturdiest, and most beautiful fogon in the entire Tola region!

One more time, a gigantic gracias to Nolan, Leonardo, Johnny (not pictured), Andres, Jose Luis, Marvin, and Katie W for taking their day off to build the fogon! Muchisimas gracias por todo, especially the laughs and jokes!

Alright friends, a big thank you to y'all for checking out the report and have a good week! Thank you again to NSR, Horizon Group, and Hacienda Iguana for the help. Hasta en la manana amigos!