Jan - Feb in Peru

Three of my students and I after class.

Caleb, Susannah and I at the beach!

At the orphanage

Gaston, me and Nataly

Me, Susannah and Nataly eating Pizza!

Me and my roommate Katie

Susannah grading papers.

Me and Becky, a new intern who just arrived from Canada last week. We are really sunburned.

A Birthday Party!

Sports day last Saturday!

Cajamarca was Beautiful!

Eating at a small restaurant outside of Cajamarca with Alanzo Ramirez and his son.

3,300 year old pre-incan tombs.

Walking home from lunch at the Baker's house last Sunday.

Waiting for a taxi.

That's it. Hope you enjoyed them.

Italian Dinner Party

Last Friday night, Susannah and I organized an Italian Dinner night for all the college students and young adults in our church. It was a lot of fun! Here are some of the pictures.

The guys helped clean up since the girls did all the cooking.

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The two hostesses.

My trip to Cuzco/Machu Picchu

I arrived home from Peru about a week ago.  At the end of my stay in Peru, I and some other interns went on a long trip to see Machu Picchu, one of the seven archeological wonders of the world. I can't even describe how beautiful it was. These are just a few of the many pictures I took. We had to travel by bus, train, plane, taxi...etc just to get to Machu Picchu but it was all worth it!

This is a river that we passed while riding on a train through the mountains

Becca and I in the train.

Becca, Me and Jason on the plane that took us to Cuzco from Lima.

This is the view of the Andes mountains from the plane window.

Eating a tasty lunch in Aguas Caliente

Aguas Caliente

Waiting for our train to arrive to take us to Aguas Caliente

We rode on this motor taxi to get to the train station.

Our Hostel in Aguas Caliente. The night before seeing Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu at last!  See the big mountain behind me? We climbed that mountain!

On top of the mountain rehydrating myself after a long and hard hike

The view from on top of the mountain was spectacular!

It was the prettiest view I had ever seen in my entire life!

We stopped on our way down and had lunch. It was an amazing view!

We were at the very top of this mountain. Hard to believe huh!

 I had my camera out the whole time snapping shots constantly!  It was an incredible experience! I still can't believe the beauty I was surrounded with while there.

 I'm glad to be home and yet I miss Peru and the people at Sali  :(

Thank you everyone for your prayers.

Coffee House and More

 Last Thursday, SALI had a coffee house event! We decorated with lights and candles. There was food, music and lot's of fellowship! The place was packed full as you can see.

I gave my students 3 points extra credit if they came to the coffee house. These are 5 of my 11 students.

This is Becca with some of her students!

Me and my conversation partner, Anna. I meet with her twice a week to practice my Spanish.

Noelie and Gladys are the two students I teach in my afternoon class.

I tutor Gladys for one hour after class everyday. Sometimes I practice my Spanish with her:)

This was youth group last Saturday. We sang lot's of songs. It was fun!

I leave Trujillo next Thursday. We are traveling by bus to Lima and then catching a plane to Cusco to see Machu Picchu! After Cusco, we travel back to Lima and then the long flight home to the United States.

Next set of pictures will be from Machu Picchu. Yipee!!!!

I love Peru

 I've been in Peru for a month and two weeks now. I don't miss the States at all yet. I just finished grading my students final exams. They all passed!

These are pictures from Chan Chan, some ruins about 30 minutes from Trujillo. Two weekends ago, all students and teachers from SALI went on a field trip to Chan Chan. It was a great opportunity for students and teachers to get to know each other a little better and also to learn some history.

This group picture shows half of the group with our tour guide on the right.

These are three of my students! Mauricio, Christina, and Silvia.

Santiago, Katie, Erin and me.

There was a Pollata (church picnic) at Larco church today! There was a lot of food! We had to peel a huge bucket of potatoes.

Two women in the kitchen preparing beets and carrots. 

Sarah and I waiting for the chicken to be ready. It was so cold today.

Two sisters that I met today! They were very fascinated with the color of my hair:) Do you see the scarf I made? It kept me very warm.

These girls were so cute. I was playing with them quite a bit this afternoon.

As Sarah and I were trying to catch a taxi back to SALI, we walked by this brightly colored house and I just had to take a picture! 

On Wednesday, after final exams, we all went out to eat! This is Becca, Michelle and Sarah Story

Breakfast at SALI last Saturday morning.

Erin(left) has been here for 11 months. She left on Tuesday to go home. Sarah was a new intern and she had to leave yesterday. She was only here for a month.

Katie and Sydney

Eating bean soup and cornbread at the Smiths.

Teaching starts again on Tuesday. We are taking Monday off to celebrate July 4th! It'll be strange not having fireworks. We'll have to do something. Maybe light a few candles and sing some Independence Day songs! Tomorrow, I'm going to Huanchaco beach again! I'm hoping to purchase some souvenirs there.

More soon!