First Day in Lima

Words cannot express the emotions I am experiencing. I completed my first day here in Peru. We got in around 2am last night, slept, and then made our rounds.

I was able to surprise my old Peruvian family that I lived with during my one year internship. We then went to meet Jesus, my old friend downtown that would exchange dollars to Peruvian currency, called soles. In English it is considered disrespectful to name a person Jesus, but in Latino culture it is very common to name your child Jesus, Mary, Joseph, or any other saint of your choice. From there, we went to the city of Manchay (the dusty sandbox) where I interned for a year. I was able to visit old friends and brothers from the church. After Manchay, we ate lunch with my former Peruvian family catching up from old times. With the help of Jim Carlton, Jairo and I then prepared for the language school by making prints of vocabulary words, grammar, and lessons. We then went downtown to buy Bibles. Once again I was able to experience the crazy traffic and busses of downtown. I didn’t remember how much I actually missed the public transportation of Peru. To end the night, we went to one of my favorite restaurants here in Lima called “The Baskets.” We crammed 8 of us into a compact station wagon taxi to get there. Once there, we ate a wonderful meal. For just under $5 we ate tender juicy cow heart steaks on skewers served up with fried potatoes with garlic and different spicy dressings.

Tomorrow morning we hop a bus 4 hours south to Pisco, where we will live, study, and serve for the next five weeks. Please pray for the Spirit’s presence, power, protection and provision. We want to please God by glorifying Christ!