I woke early Monday morning and sat in the courtyard of our cozy hotel. As I sipped my coffee, birds chirped and mist blew over the mountains surrounding San Juan La Laguna, our beautiful home for the week. After a hearty breakfast, we set off in tuk-tuks to build our first stoves in the neighboring town of San Pedro. Our group was to work together that day to build two stoves for related families living next door to each other. Their