Cedarville University - Peru Trip - Day 1-2

Wow.  Yeah, that's all I can say.  As I watched the team enter the airport, all 20 of them.  They just seemed to keep coming, more and more students.  I was wondering how this week was going to play out.

It didn't last long though as we went to the kiosks and signed everyone in for the flight.  Carrie's bag was 60+ lbs, so she had to move stuff from her bag to another person's bag.  Glitch?  Problem?  Nope, they moved the stuff and were ready to go.  We circled up right there in the Delta area and prayed for our trip.  Then the team asked to take a group photo.  You know I was happy to hear that.  However, I ended up in the picture... You know we won't be using that one for our team pic!

The rest of the day/night went as planned.  We arrived in Lima 20 minutes early, met with Jose and Richard, and were at the hotel heading to bed by 2:30 AM.

Sunday morning came early as we had a 8:00 walk to the church to begin our day.  We had breakfast (eggs and bacon) and then we got ready for Sunday School.  Pastor Jose taught Sunday School and the team did their best to stay awake (it is hard to do after sleeping only 4 hours and listening to a Spanish teacher).  Eventually church started and we sang songs of worship in both Spanish and English.  The worship leader included some familiar English songs, and even had the church sing in English.  It was neat.  The team mentioned later in the day that they really enjoyed that.

After church we went to the Hacienda for dinner - the chicken place!  They loved that.  The Apons and the Hetzels joined us.  It was a wonderful time of eating and fellowship. 

Full and tired, we went back to the hotel for 2 hours of rest.  Some went for a run, some slept, some got work done... but all rested a little.

At 5 we gathered together for a prep and orientation time.  We talked about the important issues, made some plans for tomorrow, and then prepared some of the crafts for the next 2 days.  The team worked together seamlessly flexing with the changes that we kept making as we were trying to get enough people in enough places to cover all of the details of tomorrow.  I think we are ready to go!

We walked to the local mall for dinner and then visited Sarcletti's for ice cream.  We ended the day with a wrap up at the hotel, and headed off to bed.

A number of the team mentioned already how close they felt with the other team members.  14 girls and 7 guys on a team is a lot of people, and most of them didn't know each other very well before they came.  The meetings that they had before they came has laid a great groundwork for the week ahead.  I am really excited about what God is going to do.