Grant had the opportunity in February to join a work team to
Ica, Peru for two weeks. He had a wonderful experience (besides getting very sick to his stomach). Here are a few pictures of his adventures.....
This beach was in Lima where their plane landed. They then took a bus five hours to get to
Ica where the house was they were helping construct.
Grant and Gabriel teamed up quite a bit. Here they are making concrete to lay bricks.
Grant enjoyed working outdoors and the blisters.
This would have been a great shot of Grant with the city and the sand dunes in the background but not everyone knows how to work a camera properly.
Very sandy terrain.
The group had a couple days of fun activities and one of them was sand dune surfing. Grant came home with burn marks on his feet and his shorts. They rode dune buggies to the top of the dunes then laid down on the boards and rode them down.
The dune surfers.
Here are the vehicles they rode around in.
Grant barreling down the dune.
This was from the
Nasca Lines. You had to take a plane up and fly over the desert to see these lines made by ancient people groups. The desert does not have any wind so the lines have stayed in place for hundreds of years. The biggest one stretches over 900 feet.
The little plane they took.
Some of the landscape from up in the air.
Grant got very sick and missed a lot of the views :(
More construction shots of the house they were working on. The families house was destroyed in the earthquake.
The city of
Ica.
Another awesome adventure the group took was a tour of the coast of Peru to see all the wildlife. They encountered penguins, sea lions and thousands of birds.
Grant and Gabriel on the boat.
This bird likes it's fish.
The guide was doing a few tricks with some of the local wildlife.
Here is the guide on the boat talking about some of the birds. Apparently every five years someone has to clean the rocks on the islands to get rid of all the bird poop from the rock. I know I wouldn't want that job.
Here is a birthing beach where the dark little things are the babies and the brown ones are their mothers.
Sea lions
Some really cute penguins....who knew there were penguins in Peru (I didn't (: )
More sea lions
The whole family with some of the guys that worked for the two weeks.
The sister of the family, and the cook for the group, presenting Grant with a handicraft she makes to sell as a gift for coming and helping them.
Here is the group on one of the last days painting a community building to get rid of all the graffiti.
Here is a mini three wheel vehicle that Grant and the guys got a kick out of. Apparently they were popular in
Ica. They called them what translates into
english as cockroaches.
The finished project.
Here is Grant and Gabriel painting a community building to cover the graffiti. They wanted to help the community as well as the family.
I guess it's not only Bolivia who does constructions with tree branches ;) The sticks to hold up the forms for the second story of concrete. I don't think I would feel safe underneath those.
Most of Grant's work was making the concrete to lay the bricks. Here is part of their construction project.
The group watched the changing of the guard in Peru.
This is Gabriel who is now again part of
WGM. He is heading up the Flood relief and in times of no flood he will be in charge of humanitarian relief efforts. Grant had a great time and did a lot with Gabriel on the trip.
These were the children of the family that the group was building the house for. They were around to hang out with the guys during their time there.
Luicki which was supposed to be Luigi, but it was messed up on his birth certificate and Luis.
This beach was in Lima where their plane landed. They then took a bus five hours to get to Ica where the house was they were helping construct.
Grant and Gabriel teamed up quite a bit. Here they are making concrete to lay bricks.
Grant enjoyed working outdoors and the blisters.
This would have been a great shot of Grant with the city and the sand dunes in the background but not everyone knows how to work a camera properly.
Very sandy terrain.
The group had a couple days of fun activities and one of them was sand dune surfing. Grant came home with burn marks on his feet and his shorts. They rode dune buggies to the top of the dunes then laid down on the boards and rode them down.
The dune surfers.
Here are the vehicles they rode around in.
Grant barreling down the dune.
This was from the Nasca Lines. You had to take a plane up and fly over the desert to see these lines made by ancient people groups. The desert does not have any wind so the lines have stayed in place for hundreds of years. The biggest one stretches over 900 feet.
The little plane they took.
Some of the landscape from up in the air.
Grant got very sick and missed a lot of the views :(
More construction shots of the house they were working on. The families house was destroyed in the earthquake. 
The city of Ica.
Another awesome adventure the group took was a tour of the coast of Peru to see all the wildlife. They encountered penguins, sea lions and thousands of birds.
Grant and Gabriel on the boat.
This bird likes it's fish.
The guide was doing a few tricks with some of the local wildlife.
Here is the guide on the boat talking about some of the birds. Apparently every five years someone has to clean the rocks on the islands to get rid of all the bird poop from the rock. I know I wouldn't want that job.
Here is a birthing beach where the dark little things are the babies and the brown ones are their mothers.
Sea lions
Some really cute penguins....who knew there were penguins in Peru (I didn't (: )
More sea lions 
The whole family with some of the guys that worked for the two weeks.
The sister of the family, and the cook for the group, presenting Grant with a handicraft she makes to sell as a gift for coming and helping them.
Here is the group on one of the last days painting a community building to get rid of all the graffiti.
Here is a mini three wheel vehicle that Grant and the guys got a kick out of. Apparently they were popular in Ica. They called them what translates into english as cockroaches.
The finished project.
Here is Grant and Gabriel painting a community building to cover the graffiti. They wanted to help the community as well as the family.
I guess it's not only Bolivia who does constructions with tree branches ;) The sticks to hold up the forms for the second story of concrete. I don't think I would feel safe underneath those.
Most of Grant's work was making the concrete to lay the bricks. Here is part of their construction project.
The group watched the changing of the guard in Peru.
This is Gabriel who is now again part of WGM. He is heading up the Flood relief and in times of no flood he will be in charge of humanitarian relief efforts. Grant had a great time and did a lot with Gabriel on the trip.
