Peru

These girls want you to take their picture and then they want a tip but they were so adorable with their lamb it is hard to resist.
This is the first day we arrived we walked around the city and explored a little bit.
This is me asking, "Is it llamas that spit?"
Here is Grant and Rachel on the top of some ruins that were really beautiful. I started the hike but due to the altitude sickness I didn't make it to the top.

The school year is over and our house in Bolivia is all packed up so we took the opportunity to visit some friends that now live in Cusco, Peru. We have had a great time so far. The city is amazing. The plaza has two beautiful cathedrals and a fountain. It is a very colonial looking city. There are llamas everywhere. The people speak really clear Spanish and they are easy to understand. There are Incan ruins all over the city.

Scenes from the Road

Trinity Union Church

Since it was my last Sunday at church I thought to bring my camera to get a few shots to remember our church here. That is our pastor Andy behind the pulpit. He is from England and a wonderful preacher and teacher.
Kelsey, Jamyma and Melissa--the two older girls are students of mine that attend church at TUC and Jamyma is the pastors middle child.
Here is Mickey, the pastor's wife and their new arrival Phoebe.

Tutoring Andrea

On Mondays and Thursdays after school the second semester of school I tutored Andrea. Her parents wanted extra English practice for her outside of the Learning Center where she was in Pre-Kinder this year. I would read her books. I had her make up stories to tell me in English. She made a book of the letters of the alphabet and words that started with that letter.
She is full of energy but I really enjoyed working with her.
Here we are on our last day of class together.

Farewell (a little early)

Two weeks before we were leaving our regular Wednesday night prayer meeting was our farewell. It was a little early because there are so many people leaving the field for various reasons they spread them out and ours was first. Rachel Stull was also included since she is leaving the same day we are to visit missionaries in Peru. Mary with her arm around Rachel praying for her and telling her how much the field has appreciated her work in Bolivia.
Betsy Tejeda sharing a verse and some anedotes with group about us.
A prayer of blessing as we are about to start a new stage in life again.
Here is some of the group. Cade is the cutie in the babyseat.

Surprise Party

Here is Rachel and I at Cosmic Bowl.
Daudi, one of the missionaries here, surprised his wife for her birthday with a bowling and dinner party. First we went bowling at the only lane in Santa Cruz. It was a lot of fun and I think I bowled a 90! Not so good but I had a lot of laughs getting those 90 points. At the dinner the waiters bring meat around on skewers. Everytime meat was brought to our table another waiter brought a rose and a carnation. This continued 12 times! What a romantic! Here is Andrea and I between turns.

Saltenas--Breakfast of Bolivians

A popular breakfast or morning snack in Bolivia is a saltena. They are sweet dough filled with chicken, potatoes, peas, hot sauce (optional) and broth. One morning Grant and I went out to a little shop and had saltenas and strawberry milkshakes. This would never become a popular breakfast anywhere in the states in my estimation but we enjoy the combo very much even for breakfast.

This is the most popular chain for saltenas. It's like a little garage and the owner was chasing dogs out of the store the whole time we sat there. A rooster wandered in at one point as well :)