By Sofia Merino 20/12/2008. Translated from Spanish.

Our children play run and laugh together, the neighbors greet, share smiles and glances, the conversation begins. This is the Community of the El Manzano. The faces are repeated, been those it jeopardize more, although by the field people are shameful and many think that they would not be a contribution in the meeting.

Time… that will only give security them. We were 16 in the meeting (more than 6 children). The first dynamic was to present/display and to share a positive quality of our community in El Manzano, in contrast to the first meeting where we alluded to ourselves.

Tranquillity, pure air, the heat of the people, the union, silence, the effort, the field of baby in the school and much more, constitute the reflection of the town of El Manzano in front of the eyes of their inhabitants.

Soon we were divided in 3 groups to prioritize a list of future activities that altogether had been elaborated during the first meeting weeks before. The priority number one, after to eat, since the table was served with delights of the field elaborated by feminine hands, was the Cleaning of the patio of the school.

Here in the field, the “cleaning” does not mean that he is dirty and with sweepings, but, with grass, sprouts of poplars and you dwell that for his eyes they invade the patio and they do not leave space so that the children play.

“To begin any activity first we must make a cleaning” said Mauda. Along with it material will be joined to do compost, and to prepare the Earth for the March greenhouse. The cleaning they follow seats to him and an area of picnic to be able to share under the shade a good conversation.

The innovator of afternoon was the agreements, with dates, where all were stimulated with others to participate, they included/understood that it corresponded to the first communitarian work of the town and knew what that meant.

Three great agreements were generated:

• The First Great Communitarian Lunch of the Apple tree! in its Small school, for Thursday 18 of December. And if the results are good will be continued doing once the week, with contributions of all the community. It deports Communitarian! Once for week, beginning the day Wednesday 17 of December to the 20:00 hrs after the work. 
• The communitarian cleaning of the Small school was programmed, for the weekend of 10 and 11 of January, with celebration to award the work of all.

The closing was full with applause and laughter, a small beginning within one major step beginning long ago. Friendship unites us, every day to find our common dream, to live a happy life together in community.