Updates on the Hydroelectric project

Boy, times flies and we are not getting any younger, but for sure we are getting wiser! Since my last post where I write about cutting the motilon tree, in the blog I can't continue for some reason (Back in Ecuador), many things have happened. The wood is dry now and it would go to get ready for building our new house. In the past year and a half we have continued with the uncertainty of what is going to happen with our place once we give it to the government, when and how much we will receive of compensation for our loss, and when do we need to move out. Happily we now have answers to all these questions and we can finally see a clear future ahead of us.
The land with the forest and fruit trees (30 acres) and the 6 cabins that will be expropriated from us will be part of an experimental farm that will be funded by CELEC, a governmental entity and who is in charge of the hydroelectric project. I am very happy for that because we did not want to see this beautiful place to be abandoned once we leave. Now they will create a place for education, research, wild life rescue, tourism, etc. I really hope I can be involve in the management of this place and probably it will be a paid position. We will see what the universe has in storage for us.
We know how much money we will received as a compensation for our loss. It is honestly more than we expected and we are happy for that. With that money we are planning our relocation. We have hired a company to build us a road in the upper part of our farm, distant from the lake that will be formed. Once this road is finished (hopefully before the end of March) we will start the construction of our home.  We have already some dry wood and we will use this time bricks and rocks from the river. We hope to have a home to move to before October when the lake will be filled for the first time.
Before that we will need to leave our cabins, probably by early May. I won't be sad anymore because I will know that new and exciting things will happen in our land!