New Schedules

Hanging out at Hannah's today, the team has gone down to Canete for the day and won't be back until tonight. The weather has been quite chilly here, and the past few mornings have been very misty and damp. It's hard to get all our laundry dry in these conditions!

The other day as we were waiting in the van outside of our apartment, a older man stopped and started a conversation with us...in English! We were so surprised, but also excited to know more about the man and his life! It was our neighbor, Carlos, an OB/GYN who had been working in Missouri for about 20 years. He and his wife, Flor are building their retirement home in Las Salinas so they can live next door to our landlady, Manuela, who is also Flor's aunt. Carlos invited us to have dinner with them, and on Tuesday we drove out to Pucusana to have a delicious Peruvian meal together. We learned that in his lifetime, Carlos had delivered 11,382 babies! Crazy! They are such nice people, and it is comforting to know someone else nearby who is helpful and speaks English.

Next week is going to be an off week for us, as the team that was scheduled to come has cancelled. Not quite sure what we are going to be doing, but Dave said that we could have a couple days off to just relax and rest. We definitely need a rest. With teams always being here it is sometimes difficult to leave the worksite on time, and by the time we get dinner, it is about 7, and then we don't get to bed until 10. Then it is up at 6 am the next day. Maybe I'm just a baby, but that seems like a lot of working and not a lot of time to refresh! So it will be a welcome break.

It is so hard to believe that our time is running short here! We only have three and a half weeks left in Peru! I need to start buying some souvenirs!!!! :) I hope that these next few weeks are really full of learning and God moments. I don't want to waste any time while we are here!

And some good news, I think we are going to get to travel to Machu Picchu for a few days at the end of our trip! We are all so excited and hoping that it works out. I love seeing different parts of the world and especially adding to my knowledge of cultures and also my photo collection! :)

Kyle isn't feeling that great today, looks like he has a small fever and stomach ache. Don't worry, LuAnn, I'll make him drink lots of fluids and keep an eye on him :) I hope he gets better before dinner time, because our Peruvian friend, Silvia, is making us a delicious meal of lomo saltado for dinner at our apartment!! Can't wait!