A couple of teachers look forward to the start of school
The sun is about to set and then it’s time to put the twins Rosalie and Leticia to bed. Maybe there’s even a bedtime story in it. Jonas and Lizzy know a thing or two about children. In a way, the Spanish and geography teacher is returning to his old place of work. Jonas already taught at our colegio as an IJFD volunteer in 2014/2015. Today he says: “Diospi Suyana has never let go of me since then!” We love to hear such a statement.
His wife Lizzy is a qualified primary school teacher in mathematics, German and sport. When the daughters are a little older, a job at the school awaits her too. She has already done plenty of preparation for an overseas assignment as a child. She lived in Tanzania for 12 years. As linguists, her parents created a script for the Burunge tribe and did pioneering work so that this Christian ethnic group could read the Bible in their own language. Hats off!
Anyone familiar with the development of Diospi Suyana will immediately remember the invisible project in the third book “Walking on Water” when they hear the name “Waltersbacher”. Jürgen Waltersbacher, Jonas’ father, designed an extremely important building project for the Diospi Suyana hospital. In 2016, the site manager supervised the installation of panels under the dark roofs of the hospital, which provided us with five benefits: Fire protection, moisture protection, heat protection, noise protection and, to top it all off, an additional storage option.
Wait a minute, if Lizzy spent twelve years growing up in the vastness of Africa, what’s wrong with the Waltersbachers spending the same amount of time in Curahuasi? The more I think about it, the more I like the idea. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. First ten years and then we’ll talk about the final stage at our leisure. /KDJ
