Well, we’ve tried and tried but have been unable to get the blog posts uploaded. We seem to have good internet connection. At least that is what our computer tells us but we cannot get connected for some reason. But, I will go ahead and write in the hopes that when we do get connected we can send whatever is written.
Today is a “holiday” of sorts. It is an election day here in Peru. They are electing governors of the states and other local officials. Therefore, the government of Peru has declared that there is to be no work and no gatherings of any type. That includes church services. So, no official church for us. Kind of sad because it would have been nice to have been able to attend one of the local Nazarene church services. I do understand, though, that we will have some evening services during the week. Instead we had breakfast at 8:30 and then our small group gathered together for a devotional led by our team leader, John. Pastor Luiz joined us. We sang a hymn….yes, a hymn!!…and then had a “sermonette”. John is a pastor from Santa Cruz, California. After the devotional time we gathered all of the JF supplies we had brought and divided them into four big bags. Jose David is going to leave one bag here in Pisco. The other bags will go to other locations. There are also two sets of video equipment that were brought. Those will go to a couple of the Peru JF teams located in other areas of the country.
We found a pool table and foosball table on the patio. A friendly game of pool was started before lunch and finished afterwards. For lunch we had a delicious salad of shredded chicken/vegetables stuffed in half an avocado. That would have been enough for the meal by itself but then we were served beef cooked with tomatoes and onions over a bed of french fries with rice on the side. The beef was delicious! But, it was way too much food to eat. Now, we have a little time to rest before we leave the hotel this afternoon.
Well, after a short rest time we were to leave the hotel around 3:30…but true to latin time we had to wait for Pastor Luis and his wife to arrive with a rented taxi to transport part of our team. Since we only had the bus until we arrived in Pisco we are now down to one 6 passenger car. To get all of us anywhere together we also have to rent a taxi. They finally arrived around 4 p.m. We loaded in the cars and took off toward the west, ending up at a nice little park on the seashore. There was a playground and many areas to sit and enjoy the view. Lots of people were there playing in and around the water despite the cool temperatures. It was quite windy. We were told that it is always very windy in the afternoons. With the strong winds the water certainly was not calm but the kids nearby seemed to really be having fun.
We stayed there for probably 20-30 minutes before leaving to go down the street to where there were many fishing boats docked. The odor of rotted fish was very overwhelming. We walked out to where there were several men sitting along the dock fishing with just line and hooks…no rods. I didn’t see them catching anything but apparently the sea gulls and pelicans thought they might hang around longer to find out. We stayed there just a short while and then left for our next site.
Further down the road and out of town we went, along the coast and past lots of dirt and sand. We arrived into another small seaside town called Paracas. It is a resort town with lots of little shops and restaurants. Some of the shops were open so we spent about an hour browsing and shopping. Then we went on back to the hotel which was about 20 minutes away. Supper of chicken salad sandwiches and french fries was at 6:30. It was dark by then and by the time we finished supper and a little visiting around the table some of our team went off to bed early…at 7:30. Way to early for bed!
We finally decided to try to send the blog without pictures and found out it would work pictures will need to be added later. You’ll just have to imagine what things look like for now.
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