Books and reading under the trees

This June 22nd we went to the community of Sapayut, Sócota, Cutervo to celebrate a zonal meeting of our libraries in the communities. 

Although the community had offered us the community house for this meeting, our brother Abel Vásquez, who organized the event, had arranged for us to meet in a small field. The place was spectacular: an open field with green grass under some trees near a little house in the countryside that also offered us fresh water and a bathroom. It could not have been better.

Almost thirty people had gathered, some from nearby communities, others from farther away. Our librarians and coordinators arrived, but also some of our BRIE (Rural Libraries in Educational Institutions) leaders, local authorities and readers.

We began our day with an offering to the earth; then there were different participations on the history and organization of Rural Libraries and then a discussion on the question: "I read: what, why, when, with whom, for what and where?"

Later we presented the books of the Network in the form of a mandala and ended with a reading circle.

Lunch was waiting for us, prepared with local ingredients. And then we made a small book exchange so that the librarians could take some new books to their communities.

We left happy, with nourished minds and happy hearts.

See you next time, family!