Un Dia Especial
Last Friday, May 25th, was a very special day for the central office employees of AMG. We had been talking for some time about closing the office for the day and taking the employees to visit a few of our rural childcare centers. Well, the perfect opportunity posed itself last Friday at our Villa Laura and Oratorio projects. You may have seen our earlier posts (from February 5th and May 1st) about the construction of new buildings at our Villa Laura childcare center and the visiting construction teams that have helped with the construction. Also, a "cancha" or "court" (for basketball, soccer, etc) was built at our Oratorio childcare center this past year as well. Since the construction of these two projects was completed recently, the dedication services for both was set for this past Friday when our central office employees could be there.
Twelve of us loaded up in the van in the morning on Friday and drove to the small rural village of Villa Laura. About an hour east of Guatemala City we took a small dirt road and went about 8 kilometers up the mountain to the village. Here are a few pictures from the drive:
Villa Laura - you might wonder why we needed new school buildings at this childcare center. Part of the problem was the ownership of the property as the land where a few of the older buildings were located was not owned by AMG or our church partner. Also, the buildings were very old. Here are a few pictures taken of the old buildings that were replaced:
The property where the new buildings were built was just accross from where the old buildings were located. It was purchased several years ago by AMG and one building with 3 classrooms was constructed a few years ago. Then, during the past two years, the main building(3 more classrooms, and office and a storage room) and the kitchen/storage buildings were constructed. Here are some pictures of the finished project:
It was a privilege to participate in the ribbon cutting ceremony along with the staff and children of the Villa Laura childcare center: