And the adventures continue…. We continue our search for the most unusual, bizzarre and entertaining moments in Peru. And if we can’t find them, we create them (I’ll admit to singing a Lion King duet in the park on a strange Saturday night stroll). But if nothing else it’s a fun adventure all around, and I…

Whew! Glad I got that “I got a boyfriend” announcement out of the way. I had no idea how I was gonna keep cropping him out of my pictures. We had a great time last weekend. We went to the fountain park to meet up with friends (who we ended up seeing only for about…

Well, here we go breaking my one of my unspoken, self-enforced blog rules. I have tried restricting my blog to the struggles and joys of experiencing life out of my home country (and then back in it, and then back out of it). And throughout this I’ve kept from writing too much about my romantic…

I’ve been running on full blast for several weeks now, and I’ve missed writing. Last weekend I was tour guide to 30 Mexicans here visiting from the south union. So between that and several projects here at work, I’ve arrived home every night with enough energy to throw everything on the floor and collapse into…

Little known fact: I have few phobias, and most are normal and healthy (except perhaps my fear of vacuum cleaners, thanks a lot Jeffrey Worthington) but I have developed a new phobia here in Peru. It’s probably one of those personal things I shouldn’t share, but hey, why start being shy now? When you live…

Once again I found myself translating last minute, which is now becoming a specialty. It was fabulous though. We had the closing ceremony here for the Caleb project, a service/evangelism program for youth in which 20,000 young people from all around Peru came to participate in. Our closing ceremony hosted about half of them. And…

Last weekend we were surprised by Monday and Tuesday off (they don’t like giving notice around here), so my friends, Karla and Heinrich, decided it was time to hit the road! So off we went early Sunday morning on a quest to see Paracas, Ica, Nazca, Huacachina and Chincha. So here’s our quick tour of…

Ok, let’s be relatively transparent here. There are awesome aspects of living in a foreign country. And one is that here, I’m foreign. And yes, it’s fun being “exotic” but it comes at a price. I am often lacking in female friends. The few I do have, who are wonderful people by the way, are…

I’ve fallen in love with a new awkward moment. I think we all have those, moments which are so deliciously awkward we drink them in to the last drop. For some it’s when someone forgets our name or when we forget theirs. In Iowa I suffered a lot with the “say a guy’s cute then…