We have been very busy up until now because we have been teaching English three days a week in two villages about an hour and a half north of Coban – Rio Palmeras and Yalchacti. The kids are learning quickly – but have a three-week break right now ( so we have a break too). We planted a different variety of grain known as sorghum around the monastery – it germinated in one week and is growing pretty well now. It has lower yields than corn in ideal conditions, but when there is a drought it has higher yields. Several areas in Guatemala are experiencing droughts – so we wanted to experiment with this crop to see if it would be a good back up to corn if necessary. For the next three weeks we will be mostly working around the monastery with Fr. Bernie. He orchestrated the construction of two new buildings – and they will be used as training centers for people in the surrounding villages to learn more about computers. The hope is to be able to send a laptop back with each community so that they can continue education with computer programs (such as encyclopedia software).
General Update
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