The first school we visited was located about two hours from Asunción near the town of Tobati. These children live in a community of brick makers and potters. Most children don't have the opportunity to finish high school because it would require them to leave their village. They were very enthusiastic about our visit, for we brought many bags of much needed school supplies for the teachers to distribute.

These are some of the children, watching a Polaroid photo of them appear. The children at this school study basic subjects, Spanish and Guarani.

Our children played some soccer with the children of the rural school. these kids were very good at soccer and showed our children a few tricks.

This is Cristo Rei School, a private Jesuit run school located in downtown Asunción. Students pay about $80 a month tuition. 80% of them go on to collage. Here are our children beginning to get to know the children at the school.

Cristo Rei - our boys decided to stay on the side lines - there weren't many kids their age in the group.

Cristo Rei - our visit was part of an English class for the students. They were very proficient in English as well as Spanish. Guarani was taught for about two hours a week. The girls bonded and talked and talked.

The school at SOS Village. SOS villages were established after WWII to care for orphans. There are villages in over 100 counties across the world - six of them in Paraguay. The children are placed here by the courts because they don't have families able to care for them. They live in tidy homes with about 10 other children and a "mother" who is hired and trained to parent the children. The village had a wonderful feel. These are some of the teen boys with Louisa Pearson.

SOS Village school. These girls took a break from a Paraguayan dance class to get to know Paul Jurek.