OUR MINISTRY AT COCHUNA

Boarding House for Students living away from Home

This BLOG is focusing on Cochuna where the two Sisters at Coroico, Helena and Helen, have a ministry where they administer the running of a Boarding House (Internado) for students who have a distance to travel. Students arrive on Sunday around 4.00pm and return home on Friday after lunch, around 3.00pm. This ministry is supported by donations. Helena is presently on Home Leave. That is the reason I am presently in Bolivia on Short Term Mission to accompany Helen.

   This map shows the position of Cochuna (green dot) in relation to Coroico(red dot).  It is about a 15 minute mini bus trip.

 This is the main building which has accommodation for the girls, a dining room and kitchen, study rooms and a large conference room on the lower floor.

This green accommodation building is for the boys. It is on the opposite side of the road. The top level has rooms that are used by outside groups. This is a means of helping to raise some extra  money to run the Internado.

Students in the dining room eating the midday hot meal.

The students have jobs each day. These girls are in a team serving up the lunch time meal. There is always soup and a second course.

Helen is letting students know what work groups they will be in for helping in the grounds.

Bread is baked each day. These girls are preparing the buns.

One of the older boys is chopping the wood for the oven.

Another boy has the job of preparing the oven.

Yunca is the daughter of the cook, Dani. When I go to Cochuna Yunca  usually follows me around. This photo is taken with the timer. I’m trying to get Yunca to look at the camera.

Yunca is trying to get the two puppies, Bonny and Clyde, to look at the camera.

Helen, Dominic (a volunteer from Germany) and I helping to prepare the lunch.

Thursday is cleaning day, all have some job to do. Much water is used to wash the floors, stairs etc.,

 I assisted with a Retreat Group of University Students from Carmen Pampa. We are in the large conference room during one of the sessions. We stayed in the Green Building on the top floor.

This is the retreat Group on the outside stairs. Mary and Nate, are two volunteers from Carmen Pampa who ran the retreat. (On top step)

My next Blog will take you to Carmen Pampa where our Sisters are involved in the University Ministry.