Last, but not least, we drove off to visit Mirko and Ryan in a place called Liceo Carlos Reyles. This high school building is located in a really small town that is mostly shut down because the railroad, that connected it to the outside world, no longer exists! The train tracks and station are still there, but many houses are abandoned because of the isolation. I was told that about 40 students total, are enrolled in the high school. The rain continued to pour as we read the directions to the site "follow route 5 until Carlos Reyles. The school is across from the train station". This was the easiest place to find, and we were glad since it was already late afternoon. We did not want to drive in the rural area after dark.
We walked in to the old school building where we met another enthusiastic group of students. Mirko and Ryan were waking up after a short nap and ready to continue their work with the school building: prepping, painting etc. They said that they were enjoying the work with the group, and sent greetings to family and friends in California! We were chatting a while before we had to start our trip back to Montevideo. The students from all groups will be meeting for an End-of-Pachacuti Mass on Sunday, in San Jose. They have one more day of work, then they will leave for San Jose on Saturday where they will spend a night together with all the groups. We are happy that everything has worked out well so far. Students are doing well, they are healthy and in good spirits!
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| Mirko and Ryan with their new friends |
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| Mirko, Ryan and their friend are ready to start working after a well deserved nap! |
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| Ready to prep and paint! |
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| Ivan, working hard on preparing a door |
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| Sleeping quarters |
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| Ryan at work |
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| A typical class room |
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| "Our work can be big or small, but our concept of life depends on how big or small our work is" - Carlos C. Reyles |
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| Some female students getting ready to paint |
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