Vianey, president of the building committee

Getting ready to pour footings, Dec. 2, 2006

Hand mixing cement on a day without a mixer: Auxiliadora, Arnoldo and Victor

Kids who showed up on a Saturday morning to cut strips of paper for names of Guayabo residents and donors -- to be placed in the library foundation

Jan. 14, 2007, a big day: pouring of the foundation

Guayabo's first Peace Corps volunteer, Kara, pitches in

Placing the box containing names of Guayabo villagers, donors and volunteers in the foundation

The home stretch, eight hours and counting without stopping, through hot sun and three rain showers

Floor of library and surrounding terrace completed, end of January, 2007

Mission accomplished -- at the end of the day both sunburned and soaked

Linda Reinauer, donors and volunteers from Pensacola, Fl.

Custom-made ring tor the trusses

What a difference a crane makes!

Precision: Jim Strange volunteering his expertise

Quitting time

Experiment in International Living volunteers and Guayabo workers

Structure completed

Emily and John Drabanski, volunteers from New Mexico, work alongside don Mariano sanding planks to border the tops of the walls

Kara, former Peace Corps volunteer, adds color

Delivering load of sand via oxcart

A truckload of stone for the base around the library

Hernan with back steps

Kids lend a hand on the second coat

Reception furniture June 2010

Vianey, president of the building committee

Getting ready to pour footings, Dec. 2, 2006

Hand mixing cement on a day without a mixer: Auxiliadora, Arnoldo and Victor

Kids who showed up on a Saturday morning to cut strips of paper for names of Guayabo residents and donors -- to be placed in the library foundation

Jan. 14, 2007, a big day: pouring of the foundation

Guayabo's first Peace Corps volunteer, Kara, pitches in

Placing the box containing names of Guayabo villagers, donors and volunteers in the foundation

The home stretch, eight hours and counting without stopping, through hot sun and three rain showers

Floor of library and surrounding terrace completed, end of January, 2007

Mission accomplished -- at the end of the day both sunburned and soaked

Linda Reinauer, donors and volunteers from Pensacola, Fl.

Custom-made ring tor the trusses

What a difference a crane makes!

Precision: Jim Strange volunteering his expertise

Quitting time

Experiment in International Living volunteers and Guayabo workers

Structure completed

Emily and John Drabanski, volunteers from New Mexico, work alongside don Mariano sanding planks to border the tops of the walls

Kara, former Peace Corps volunteer, adds color

Delivering load of sand via oxcart

A truckload of stone for the base around the library

Hernan with back steps

Kids lend a hand on the second coat

Reception furniture June 2010

Entry of the Costa Rican flag

Staking the site before groundbreaking on Nov. 11, 2006 (no transit necessary -- checking levels with water-filled transparent tube)

Guayabo folklore group performing, with primary school in background

Teamwork to remove a stone unearthed in the foundation trench

Putting the rebar together for the foundation

Dignora and Vianey making the spacers to attach to the rebar

Unloading the cement mixer loaned by the Rio Lajas Hydroelectric Plant

Members of the Fuentes Gamboa family, volunteers from San Pablo de Tres Equis

All ages pitch in

Edwin, right, who oversees construction

Placing rebar - don Victor and his grandson Jónathan

Entry of the Costa Rican flag

Staking the site before groundbreaking on Nov. 11, 2006 (no transit necessary -- checking levels with water-filled transparent tube)

Guayabo folklore group performing, with primary school in background

Teamwork to remove a stone unearthed in the foundation trench

Putting the rebar together for the foundation

Dignora and Vianey making the spacers to attach to the rebar

Unloading the cement mixer loaned by the Rio Lajas Hydroelectric Plant

Members of the Fuentes Gamboa family, volunteers from San Pablo de Tres Equis

All ages pitch in

Edwin, right, who oversees construction

Placing rebar - don Victor and his grandson Jónathan