reflecting

"Forgive me Father, but have I sinned?"

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October 9th 2008
A confession for your reading pleasure: I love Iquitos. I love the people I work with. But sometimes (like today) it’s just really friggin’ hard. Before I came I really thought I anticipated every possible challenge I would face for the next five months, and, thus, be able to better approach these challenges ….but looking back, that was a pretty arrogant thing to assume. I knew commun ... read more

South America » Peru » Loreto » Iquitos

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more