As you might have seen or heard our campus flooded very badly during the rainy season which was most of February and March. Well we had a water pump running most days draining the center of our campus of the standing water. Earlier this week the standing water had finally turned to mud. Not anymore. Yesterday it rained hard the entire day. Since the ground is completely saturated within 20 minutes the campus was under water again. We are back to hopping from brick to brick to get around campus.
Tomorrow, May 1st, is Bolivian Labor Day so there is no school. Grant's uncle Tim is part of the ACSI accreditation team that is reviewing our school this week to see if we will be accredited for the next 7 years. Tim extended his trip so we will show him around a bit tomorrow. This weekend some of the provinces of Bolivia including Santa Cruz are voting for autonomy. This does not sit well with the President so there is a possibility of the roads being blocked so no one can enter or leave the city. Also there will likely be demonstrations that break out with all the conflict. There is no voter registration in Santa Cruz so whenever there is a vote held there are absolutely no vehicles allowed on the roads. This is there mechanism for controlling the vote. The thought is if you can not drive you can't go to all the voting stations around the entire city and vote numerous times throwing the vote. Not an advanced system but I guess semi-effective. We were advised to stay in for the weekend and stock up on extra food and water. Once in a similar situation the water was turned off for the whole city. So we are ready come what may.
Our time is wrapping up so quickly we are sad.....I never imagined this year would go so fast. It's been a great roller coaster ride of a time and we'll miss Bolivia.
