There are two more upcoming trips to Peru! Take a look at the
destinations page of the
Global Encounters website (
www.globalencounter.net) for the details. (Note: the CollegePlus trip is not limited to CollegePlus students. Others are welcome. Application deadline: Sept. 20.) Also, some preliminary details about the Chiapas and Argentina trips are posted.
In case anyone is wondering about me personally, I'm living in California again. (Hooray!) Running Global Encounters takes up most of my time, but I'm enjoying being back with my family.
The Peru trip this summer was incredible - great team, good ministry. You can read all the details on our
blog, including about the night that 8.0 earthquake hit Peru. Yes, we were there for it! The ground was moving so much it kind of felt like surfing... on land. Damage was minimal in Lima (which was 90 miles north of the epicenter) and we were all unhurt (praise the Lord). Although we weren't able to go to the earthquake-damaged areas ourselves, we were able to help with some of the disaster relief efforts by packing up supplies in Lima for transport to the destroyed villages.
Here are a couple of my personal favorite pictures from the trip:
My sister Ruth went with me this time. I loved having her on the team!
A sister moment at the Chan-Chan ruins.
This was an exercise in "let's see how many people we can cram into one picture!" The team was putting on a children's program in a slum area outside Trujillo, the largest city in northern Peru.
Dancing with one of the little girls in the slums. They loved it when we would dance with them to Dena's fiddle music.
Yep, that's me with the pigtails! Andy and I were doing the skydiving skit. It's amazing how much those rickety ladders can wobble by the time you get to the top rungs!
Shopping in Peru - if you like bargaining and an absolutely overwhelming array of stuff, this is the place to shop!
Packing up disaster supplies with Dena.
The team leaders for this year's team - Andy Warner, Dena Conzatti, and me. We had a blast working together and both Andy and Dena did such a good job!
The team! They were an incredible group!
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