| Leslie Schuld of CIS - She runs the school which teaches English to local women and Spanish to non-locals |
| Nejapa! This is the mayor of the town. He a guerilla fighter during the war and was quite an interesting person. Sold rights to permit San Salvador dump their garbage nearby for $2 million. He used the proceeds to begin building a utopian community, pictured below. He had pictures of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara on his office wall and prided himself on having an open door policy--no police, guards, or even a secretary between himself and his constituency. In fact, he had a door from his office that opened directly to the outside. |
| Virginia and Tim, with a soccer field (with real grass, not dirt and rocks) and an olympic size swimming pool. |
| The fieldhouse and meeting facilities. |
| Soccer field |
| View of kiddie, "standard" community, and olympic pools, from the upper level of the shelter and concession building. |
| The group with the major after a nice lunch. |
| The director of the sports facility. He expressed great optimism for the next phases of their utopian planning. It was heartwarming and gratifying to see such a positive attitude in a country with so many problems. |
| Beth checking out the ban~o. |
| Part of the meeting facilities. These are casitas with sleeping accommodations in each. |
| Crossing a bridge to the sewage treatment facilities, perhaps the best in El Salvador. You can see the leach bed in the background. The creek below appeared to still be quite polluted. |
| This is basically a giant septic tank. The sewage can be directed to one side while the other side gets cleaned out, and then the process reversed. |
| A rope and stick bridge leaving the sewage treatment facility. Alphonso is gingerly crossing while Gwen appears to be pondering her options. At least there was a handrail! |
| The dump that supported the projects pictured above. Those are shacks that people appear to be living in. Unbelievable! |
| Events surround the unveiling of the statue of Monsenor Romera. These are news reporters, friends of Christina (of course). |
| The papal nuncio. There was little other evidence of the Church's recognition of the celebration. |
| Tim speaking with the papal nuncio. |
| The sculptor of the statue, with his father, left, who is also a sculptor. |
| A huge banner of Romero above and the statue below |
| Plaque and flowers at the base of the statue. The plaque reads: "How well the people respond whenthey know they are loved." It is, of course a quote from Monsenor Romero. |
| Stage before a memorial concert for Romero in San Salvador. |
| The needed to remove a light bulb, so the brought out the ladder and, well, one of the state crew just climbed the ladder. Whatever it takes! |