So here we are with only only 6 days left in Peru.. Wow. I’ve learned a lot on this trip, one of those being I suck at writing blogs haha.
I wanted to finish this trip up with a Q&A blog!
Q. What’s something you learned/shocked about that you didn’t expect?
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I didn’t expect to learn so much about myself. I came on to the field thinking I was here just to teach, but the people we’ve worked with have shown me so much.
Q.Do you miss your sister?
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YES!!!
Q. What is it like being so far away from home and family?
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It’s hard, but so worth it. I’ve grown so much since leaving home.
Q. What was the most rewarding thing you feel you did on the trip?
Everything we did here had lots of rewards to it, rather it be saying hola to someone and it put a smile on their face, or doing a little skit for children’s ministry.
Q. What was it like adjusting to a new culture in the beginning?
Adjusting was pretty easy, my team and I all just kind of jumped into ministry. It was a little hard at first not being able to communicate with the local people, but it got easier as time went on.
Q. Did it ever get easier the longer you were there?
Much easier, I’ve missed home terribly since the very beginning of the trip but everything did get easier, eventually we learned where things were, how to get a taxi or bus, where wifi was, and how to have small talk with people.
Q. What was your favorite place you visited and why?
This is kind of hard since I’m writing this before we go to Cusco.. But Cajamarca was super beautiful I’d love to go back and explore more, and then there was a little town/slum we went to in Lima called Ventanilla that was such a great place to work, the kids there just filled my heart so much and I would go back there in a heartbeat.
Q. Food?
Oh food.. Well while being here I’ve become a vegetarian just because I wanted to see if it would help with all the stomach issues I had in the states, and it has! So I’ve eaten LOTS of rice, bread, beets, potatoes and salads.
My team all LOVE aji de gallina which is chicken with a spicy yellow sauce on it
And Peruvians love to eat Asian rice (fried rice) which is probably one of my favorites.
Another thing that they eat a lot of here is tallarines verdes which is spaghetti with pesto it’s superrr good.
Q. A day in the life?
A day in the life in Trujillo looked like getting up and walking from one side of the school to the other (where the guys were staying) to eat breakfast and find out the plan for the day. Most days we did a prayer walk around the neighborhood after breakfast for an hour or so, then we eat lunch, after lunch we usually would help the teacher put together their classrooms and just help get the school ready for the school year, we spent 2 weeks just painting the walls of the schools, then after that we would siesta for an hour or 2, then it was time to play volleyball! We played volleyball with the local women everyday, then it was time for dinner then bed so we could get up and do it all over again!
A day in the life in Lima looked like getting up at about 7am everyday to walk to the bus stop (about a 6-10 minute walk) most of the team would have to speed walk to keep up with our translator and Isaac, those two could probably walk a marathon in 30 minutes!!
Once we crammed on to a bus we’d ride between 30 minutes to 2 hours to our host for that week, then it was time to jump in and do whatever was need of us!
Q. How have you changed or stayed the same since being in Peru?
I’ve learned a lot about who God says I am and I’m so grateful for it.
Q. What will you miss?
I’ll miss my team they’ve been my family for the past 3 months and it’s going to be weird not living with them anymore.
