Black Water

A new problem has developed here at the school, a sewer pipe broke underneath the building where the Interna´s sleep - the Internado. There are also a few classrooms in this building. What this means is that ALL the water from the school and the house of the Sister´s is spilling into the ground under the Internado. That´s a lot of water. Gross, icky water. I call it sewage, they call it black water. I don´t know how long the leak has been there - I don´t think more than a week, but it was discovered a few days ago.

Because the ground under the building is now a wet, soggy mess, (up to about 3 meters in depth, which is 10 feet) the integrity of the building is compromised. Sor Margarita Guillen is worried about this affecting the neighbors. To stop the rapid spread of sogginess, and to give the workers time to fix the problem without more water pouring in, school has been cancelled Mon-Wed and the Sister´s are going to another House for these 3 days. Solidea and I are going to the beach :) You can imagine how disappointed everyone is. I´ve already had 3 students call me from the house to express their sadness at not having school. (the students are still coming this morning to pick up homework all the teachers have prepared for them)

So, I´ll be at the beach!

PS - Say a prayer for the Sister´s, this is really hard on them finacially and poor Sor Margarita Guillen has had to coordinate all the school activities around this.