The staff hesitated for a while.

At that moment, the other visitors also said, "Sister, take us to see the children! They might welcome our presence! We want to help them, too. They surely won't hate us."

"Alright! I'll take you to see them."

The nun took them to a building behind the church.

Once they were near, they could hear the voices of little girls playing.

"A portion of the girls have gone down the hill to go to school. Right now, the ones remaining in the church are either not healthy enough or they haven't reached the schooling age." The nun led the group and introduced them to the girls.

"The children have to go down the hill on their own to get to school every day?" Avery asked.

"Yes. We would take turns sending them down, but they need to hike up and down the hill. They have it tougher than the kids who live down the hill. It's winter now, and they have to get up before the sun rises to go down the hill," the nun explained.

Avery had only hiked up the hill and al