Children in Wichi village, Mision Chaquena, Salta, N. Argentina.    

Anglican church in Mision Chaquena.  This church was built ca. 1920.

Fr. Paul Howden, Rector of St. Lukes REC, CA, with son, Malachi and Wichi children.

Indigenous spear fishing on the bank of the Rio Bermejo.

Before and after the 2004 St. Lukes team worked on the Allan Gardiner historic house, Mision Chaquena.

View of addition added to the Allen Gardiner historic house in 2004 by the St. Luke's REC team.

The 2004 St. Lukes team also installed new windows and doors to the house.

...they also installed a new wood ceiling and the first ever toilet in the bathroom.

Typical homes in Mision Chaquena.

First location of Mision Chaquena.  When the Rio Bermejo rose in the early 1900's, the mission was forced to move several kilometers away to its current site.

Wichi baby in Mision Chaquena. 

2005 garden & irrigation project, Mision Chaquena.

Wichi artist Reynaldo Prado hard at work painting a mural of plant and animal life found in tribal areas of N. Argentina.  This work was done in 2005 in conjunction with the Siwok Foundation for a musuem being created by Anglicans to help preserve indigenous ways of life.

Bibles purchased in 2005 for the young adults of Mision Chaquena.  The black Bibles are the Wichi translation, while the red are Spanish.

Anglican church in the Wichi village of Pozo de Maza, outside of Juarez, in the province of Formosa, N. Argentina.

Water well in Toba village, Vaca Perdida, outside of Juarez.

Anglican church in Vaca Perdida.

Anglican church in Toba village, Rinconada, outside of Juarez.

Toba Rector of the church in Rinconada, Jose Florentine, 72 yrs. old, suffering from Parkinson's.

Anglican church in Toba village, Pozo Ramone, outside of Juarez.  This village is home to about 80 people.

Anglican church and youth in Toba village, Churcal, outside of Juarez.

Anglican church in Toba village, Pozo Yacare, outside of Juarez.

Anglican church in "Bario Toba" neighborhood of Juarez.

Newly constructed Anglican church in "Bario Wichi" neighborhood of Juarez.

Bishop Mario Morino, auxiliary bishop of N. Argentina.  Bishop Morino is the only auxiliary bishop in the diocese and is the first indigenous (Wichi) bishop the diocese has had.  He lives in Bario Wichi, Juarez, with his wife and family.