Blogs from Lima, Lima, Lima, Peru, South America - page 15

Well... Two days later here I am in the Capital of Peru. Not suprisingly, I feel a little dazed and sedentary after so long on a bus, and my conception of time feels a little warped. For example, I still am not sure exactly what day of the week it is, but I know the date! Other than that, the journeys went well. It went a little something like this- At the tip of another traveller, I thought if I checked around I might find a airline ticket from Quito to Lima for less than $150 bucks. No such luck. I made the decision that I would go with my idea to just bus-hop, and slowly but surely make my way to Cusco. Instead, I found a pretty good deal on a direct trip to Lima, ... read more

There are these box-like carts all over the streets of Lima that are filled with anything anyone could want...potato chips, gum, Halls cough drops (eaten like candy here), chocolate bars, pop, water and so much more. These kiosks are as common as taxis here. Have a craving for something? A kiosk will not be far off. And in some of these little boxes sit people. People trying to sell what they can to survive. The first time I realized that in some of the smaller kiosks sit people, I was surprised. My hands were hovering over the gum selection when my eyes looked up and met another set of eyes. The solemn face asked me what I needed and handed it to me without any expression. I paid and left, contemplating her job. There seems to ... read more

Dit is dus onze nieuwe blog. We zijn veranderd omdat we hier ongelimiteerd foto's op kunnen plaatsen. De foto's zijn ook gelijk toegevoegd. Sorry voor het ongemak. Liefs, Debora en Mathieu ... read more

Well, I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to preach today, but I did it. At Marisu's dance performance on Friday (which lasted 5 hours...and for whatever reason was OUTSIDE!) I started feeling really cold (more than normal) and my body was achy. By the time we got home, all I wanted to do was curl up in bed forever. I basically stayed there until this morning, going back and forth from having horrible chills to sweating profusely. This, of course, was the first time I've really sweated here in Lima, haha. Needless to say, I was sick and having to translate a sermon from English to Spanish in a flu-ish haze was no fun, even if google translator was doing the bulk of the work. But I woke up today and felt ... read more

The church that I attend here in Lima was founded in the house where I live. Like the strong walls of the family house that surrounded those first members, my Peruvian family (the Barreras) remain a strong foundation for the IEP (Iglesia Evangelica Peruana) church in Mirones Bajo. In 1977, Saul Barrera, the father of Damaris and Deborah and all the other D-named siblings, saw that people from Mirones Bajo were traveling long distances on Sunday mornings to attend the IEP located in another part of Lima. He recognized that this made little sense, when time and money are often hard to come by. So Saul and his wife Herlinda (the dear sweet mother who is still recovering in Brazil), along with three other families, founded what is the church I attend today. For many, many ... read more