Happy New Year!
Ok, ok, so it's not January 1. But down here, today begins the Andean New Year. This morning at the ancient Aymara ruins of Tihuanaco near La Paz, thousands of people gathered to celebrate. Legend has it that 5515 years ago, Enti, the supreme God of the Aymaras created Pachamama, the God of the earth. Today is also the summer/winter solstice (depending on which hemisphere you are in).
But aside from that little tidbit of Bolivian culture, things are going well at the project. Tuesday, I went with the Promo class (Seniors) to take food to some of the flooding victims in a village called Abacuya, about 1.5 hours from Trinidad. We left at 2pm and didn't return until 7pm, but on the way back we brought a whole truckload full of grapefruits, lemons, oranges and other fresh fruit that the boys from the Promo class picked at the property of a friend to the project.
Monday, one of the girls from Secondary 1 (9th grade) suffered a terrible accident on her motorcycle. She was hit by a car and some tendons in her right foot were severed and she was taken in an ambulance to the hospital. Amazingly, the doctor was able to surgically repair everything and she is now recovering, though still under observation at the hospital. It was really a state of the art surgery for Trinidad, as the hospital here is pretty primitive. You can pray for her recovery (her name is Bebicha). She is the daughter of one of our maintenance guys (Capa) and our primary 8 (8th grade) teacher (Lily). She is expected to make a full recovery, though it will be awhile.
Yesterday was an all day workshop for all of the teachers and staff here at the school. For that, Lucho shared a little bit about the history of the project, how his vision has changed over the years and he also shared a bit of his 2010 vision for the project. I was sad to hear he and Lorna are planning to finish their missionary careers in a few years, but it is time. The Bolivians they have been mentoring over the past 5-10+ years are doing a magnificent job and even now, the two of them are both involved only in an advisory role. It was amazing to hear how many blessings the Lord has bestowed upon this place over the past 25 years, and it has exceeded even Lucho's wildest dreams!
But aside from that little tidbit of Bolivian culture, things are going well at the project. Tuesday, I went with the Promo class (Seniors) to take food to some of the flooding victims in a village called Abacuya, about 1.5 hours from Trinidad. We left at 2pm and didn't return until 7pm, but on the way back we brought a whole truckload full of grapefruits, lemons, oranges and other fresh fruit that the boys from the Promo class picked at the property of a friend to the project.
Monday, one of the girls from Secondary 1 (9th grade) suffered a terrible accident on her motorcycle. She was hit by a car and some tendons in her right foot were severed and she was taken in an ambulance to the hospital. Amazingly, the doctor was able to surgically repair everything and she is now recovering, though still under observation at the hospital. It was really a state of the art surgery for Trinidad, as the hospital here is pretty primitive. You can pray for her recovery (her name is Bebicha). She is the daughter of one of our maintenance guys (Capa) and our primary 8 (8th grade) teacher (Lily). She is expected to make a full recovery, though it will be awhile.
Yesterday was an all day workshop for all of the teachers and staff here at the school. For that, Lucho shared a little bit about the history of the project, how his vision has changed over the years and he also shared a bit of his 2010 vision for the project. I was sad to hear he and Lorna are planning to finish their missionary careers in a few years, but it is time. The Bolivians they have been mentoring over the past 5-10+ years are doing a magnificent job and even now, the two of them are both involved only in an advisory role. It was amazing to hear how many blessings the Lord has bestowed upon this place over the past 25 years, and it has exceeded even Lucho's wildest dreams!
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