For the first half of the year, in summary: started off with 80 students. Teaching English and baking bread 2-3 times a week for the cafeteria. Some students helped. Part-time. And only about 300 breads per week.
And tore down a very old building. Over the years, it was used for classrooms, kitchen/cafeteria, rooms for students, and lastly; a place to store stuff! Was filled with doves, and their droppings.

Then winter vacation — the first part of July my son visited. Was so good to renew our relationship, after 10 years.

Just after our big national holiday August 6, two volunteers came from Denmark to teach English. Great!  We were super busy in the bakery! Another baker came, and with helpers, -not students, we baked off over 220 pounds of dough 3 times a week. Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday. That was almost 1700 breads!!! Daily! But not really enough to supply the “tiendas”–(stores) for their clients. About 16 in the village bought breads.
Then the last week of October, and November 1, we were “swamped” with
lots of families, bringing their own flour for us to bake their “t’ant’a wawas” (breads shaped like people–plus ladders, and other shapes). For todos los santos. November 2. (all saints day). We baked off over 2500 pounds of flour in 5 days!!!  The bakery was full of mothers with children, and fathers too. They helped clean baking trays and took breads out of the oven. But lots of mixing, and dividing. Plus helping them. Sold ingredients.

So the past couple of weeks have been a “vacation,” from busy baking. But super busy with other things as usual!
Now we’re gearing up for summer school!
Lots of plans. And today (November 16) another volunteer arrived. [at this very moment, I’m in the airport waiting. It’s midnight.]
The other two Denmark volunteers fly out November 30. The new one from Norway will be here for at least 3 months.

(Arrived!!!)
But we still need water!

So thanks again for your emails, your support. And prayers. Very much appreciated.

One other new news note: one of our students came to me with a very special request. Next year she’ll be in 11th grade, (Karen -16 years old); her younger brothers–Aaron -13, Julio Cesar -8,  will be in 8th and 4th grades. Their father was shot “point blank” in the chest in June 2014. Lots of shooting in the village. And elsewhere also. Primary work — harvesting coca. It’s a Big, Huge industry in the Yungas. Their mother Julia, is working on preparing paperwork/documents to request to leave the country. Wants to move. Late husband’s family “hates” her. Wants nothing to do with her. She told Karen to ask me to if there’s ANY work anywhere in the States. Wants to move to USA. And if work is lined up ahead of time, it’d facilitate her immigration papers!   Any work!
Been a church member for 5 years. Her daughter Karen takes care Aaron and Julio Cesar. Washing clothes, and everything. So if you or your contacts know of anything, please notify me! They’d greatly appreciate it!  THANKS!!!!

Baker Steve, Colegio San Marcos, Collana norte, provincia Aroma, séptimo sección; dept La Paz, Bolivia.