Goodbye Tara and Johanna

Yesterday we said goodbye to our volunteers from Germany sent to us by die Freunde der Erziehungskunst Rudolf Steiners (Friends of the art of Rudolf Steiner education) last September 1919.  They were to have continued for a year until September 2020 helping Lourdes in our small Waldorf community outreach program here in the remote jungle town of Sauce, San Martin, Peru, but due to the COVID-19 outbreak they were recalled back to Germany five months early.

We traveled by car out of Sauce for the first time since the onset of the corona virus scare to take Johanna and Tara to the airport in the city of Tarapoto and for me it was a rather surreal experience driving wearing a mask and disposable gloves. We had to stop and produce our police permission to travel at several checkpoints manned by military troops. Overall it felt a bit like being in a dystopian sci-fi movie.

Thanks Tara and Johanna for your months in Sauce and all good wishes for your journey back to Germany!

Tara, Lourdes and Johanna by the entrance of Estrella de Sauce at 6 am yesterday before our car ride to Tarapoto