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Fall 2010
Nine of the 11 Peru SSTers departed tonight from Lima’s Jorge Chávez International Airport–first to Atlanta, and then on to Chicago O’Hare (the remaining two leave tomorrow…
- the two remaining in South America
- at the airport
- off to the gate!
After six weeks of service the SSTers said goodbye to their host families and work in Cusco, Huaraz, San Ramon, La Merced, and Azulís and returned to…
- the retreat center
- final presentations
- Quechua lesson
- saying goodbye to Celia
- saying goodbye to Willy
- admiring crabs caught by SSTers (and later freed)
- closing prayer
Kim, Erin, and Mike have been in the Cusco region for their service. They got to know the area (and even their host families) back in September,…
- with host parents
- outside Kim’s house
- the bus station
- dog in the neighborhood
- The clinic in San Jeronimo
- The free clinic
- registering patients
- registering patients at the free clinic
- At the free clinic
- volunteering at the free clinic
- At Promesa, the Mennonite school
- With the EMM volunteers
- teaching English
- The main street in San Jeronimo
- A side street in San Jeronimo
- with host dad
- The garden at Erin’s house
- The view from Erin’s house
- At home
- the garden
- raising cuy
- Mike with his host family
- with grandpa
- Ruins near home
- nearby Wari ruins in Huarcapay
- at the ruins
- near home
It’s a rustic six weeks of service for SSTers Nate and Serena, who are living about as far off the grid (no phone, no Internet, no electricity,…
- with host mom
- the bridge to Azulis
- on the way to the chakra
- seedlings
- at home
- with host siblings and Willy, service coordinator
- Nate’s mosquito net
- ready for English class
- the community school
- Nate’s host family
- the community gathering place
- An Azulis community meeting
- the river
The road from Lima to La Merced is winding and steep and long, and during the 189-mile journey, travelers get a view of Peru’s three regions: the…
- Chanchamayo
- La Merced’s Plaza de Armas
- At Chanchamayo Highland Products’ fair-trade store
- the coffee roaster
- touring the juice factory
- at the downtown store
- at the family farm
- planting coffee seedlings
- outside the farmhouse
- at home
- The swing in the front yard
- Hannah’s host family & visitors
- an open-air roof at the house
- breakfast at INABIF
- helping serve breakfast
- the preschool room
- reunion dinner
Our travel schedule has kept us from posting lately, so apologies for the delayed update. Kevin, Heather, and sus hijos visited Huaraz at the end of October…
- the city of Huaraz
- outside the city
- up the mountain
- Derek’s host family
- outside his home
- at home
- with host dad
- the view from Tarica
- at World Vision
- with WV co-workers
- a street in Tarica
- Lauren at work
- in the AWI studio
- with host brother
- with host family
- baking cookies
- cena
- amigos
- Paul’s host family
- at home
- outside the comedor
- at work
- lunchtime
- card tricks
- reunion in the plaza de armas, with Willy
- group portrait
The SSTers’ farewell to Lima was, as several commented, “sappy”—a mix of sad and happy. Sad to say goodbye to our gracious host families here, our Goshen…
- As I went down to the river
- A host family tribute
- Camilo introduces the cajon players
- Listening to speeches
- Bilingual duet
- Celia says a few words
- World premiere of “CT”
- Contigo Peru
- Lima family portrait
- With Camilo, music director for the despedida
Our visit to the district of Villa Maria del Triunfo in southern Lima showed us what a pueblo jóven looks like as it grows up. The area,…
- Visiting Jesus Mi Buen Pastor preschool
- On the soccer field
- At the birthday party
- At Biohuerto Nino Jesus
- Listening to Alicia tell what was here pre-garden
- Gregoria (R) and one of the gardeners show the starter plot
- Gregoria talks about the community gardens of Villa Maria
- local produce
- the irrigation system
- the 10-minute walk from one community garden to another
- The view from Biohuerto Sacsayhuaman
- Meeting the local farmers
- Preparing a new garden plot
- Digging up garbage
- Sandy topsoil
- The garden view of garbage heaps
- What we removed from the garden plot
- New terraces, almost ready for planting
- Alicia and Oswaldo; making anticuchos for lunch
Just 50 years ago, Lima’s population was close to 1 million. Today the greater metro area is approximately 8.5 million, or nearly one in three Peruvians. The…
- Corpusa (with her children) tells us about her neighborhood
- At Corpusa’s home
- Here comes the water truck…
- Filling the barrels is harder than it looks!
- We all take a turn
- A road in the Chavin de Huantar neighborhood
- Containers are heavy when full
- It’s tough to move full containers
- Delivering water in Chavin de Huantar
- The group with some new friends
- Talking with the local kids
- playing games
- After water delivery, lunch at a neighborhood restaurant…
- …and a visit to a nearby municipal park
Even if the SSTers were able to try a different Peruvian dish for each breakfast, lunch, and dinner of their semester here, they’d still miss many of…
- ají and choclo
- our ceviche ingredients
- Glicerio explains the recipe; Celia translates
- fresh lime juice
- cooking the fish
- taste test
- taste test 1
- preparing to make lunch
- a pinch of salt
- the final product!
- rave reviews from the directors…
- and from Dean, visiting from Goshen’s SST office…
- …and from the student chefs themselves!
- Alicia prepares the underground oven
- Alicia and Oswaldo, before the cooking starts
- Watching the pachamanca preparation
- Preparing the pit
- Adding the heated rocks
- placing the food in the ground
- covering the food with herbs…
- …then Willy adds paper…
- …and a tarp…
- …finallly, dirt! Now we wait for an hour…
- …and enjoy the view from our host Willy’s home.
- Time to take lunch out of the oven
- Willy and Alicia brush dirt off the tarp
- continuing to dig for lunch
- searching for tamales
- recovering the potatoes and beans
- finally: our pachamanca lunch!
- a lunch to remember
