In the fall, he returned to the College of William and Mary in Virginia. As soon as he completed his degree in Spanish last December, he headed back to Rio Bravo to work at the mission once more. I help locate families who need our assistance and work with the Mexican masons, preparing foundations for houses so they will be ready for the teams when they get here. Now that he has lived in Rio Bravo several months, Will knows many local residents. They take whatever employment they can find, but they never seem to raise themselves out of poverty.
Many families live in cardboard boxes and crates they have nailed together.
Their shelters have dirt floors. When it rains, water rushes through and the dirt turns into mud. They also have no beds but sleep on piles of blankets. Their diets are simple and sparse. Their staples are corn and rice and cacti.