Source:
AMU News n. 4/2013
On
the Mountain Range of the Andes to Bolivar (3,200 meters), a school for
children and teens is born, from the initiative of the parish priest and the
local community of the Focolari, in cooperation with the AMU.
“Upon
my departure from Lima, I had in hand only a piece of paper where a friend had
written down the principal stages of the journey: Trujillo, Cajamarca, Celendin
and finally Bolívar. A total of 31 hours of travel, the last 12 along an
excavated road. The bus, filled with people crowded together amidst sacks of
rice and other things, reached its destination at 10:30 in the evening. While
we disembarked, a group of people started to sing; it seemed like a welcoming
committee and with great surprise I realized that it was for me! The final
hours of the trip was made in total darkness, I couldn’t make out where I was.
The next day, when I woke up, I found myself in front of a marvellous panorama.
I told myself: I am in Paradise!”
It
is Walter Cerchiaro, an Italian, who has been in Perù for 6 years who related
this. After this first trip, he went to Bolivar several times to meet the
community of the Focolare Movement. Now that some of the roads have been fixed
the trip only takes 25 hours!



















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