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Spring 2011
We were able to enjoy two uniquely Peruvian cultural delights this week: the cajón and cebiche. Drummer extraordinaire Camilo Ballumbrosio introduced us to the cajón during a…
- Camilo introduces us to the cajón
- The table is set…to prepare our own lunch
- Glicerio cooks up the aji peppers
- too many cooks in the kitchen?
- demonstrating the proper way to cut onions
- this recipe takes a lot of lime juice!
- the finished product
- preparing the second course: papas a la huancayina
- quail eggs
- papas a la huancayina
We spent our second day in the Cono Sur visiting a biohuerto (community garden), where the SSTers helped clear a few plots and marveled at the resident…
- On our way to the biohuerto
- A surprise find while weeding
- Alicia prepares anticuchos for lunch
- anticuchos de carne y pollo
- Oswaldo and his mototaxi
- Experiencing traditional medicine “first-foot”
- Patient’s verdict? “Mucho, mucho mejor!”
After a long day of painting, SSTers took to the field for a friendly game of soccer with young futbalistas from Villa María del Triunfo, the district…
- juggling
As the students entered their second week in Peru, we traveled to the part of Lima known as the Cono Sur (“Southern Cone”), just a 50-minute bus…
- The bus ride to Cono Sur
- The street outside Shalom
- Pat Blanchard gives direction for the day
- preparing the wall
- the start of the mural
- mural in process
- A young client blows a kiss
- Pat shows us crafts painted by some of Shalom’s young adults
- The view from the roof
- with Junior, who helped us sand and paint
- Cleanup time
- The “before” picture
- the “after” picture
- In front of the freshly painted sign
- In front of the new mural
One of the highlights of the study portion of SST is the chance to hear from guest speakers who really help provide a sense of the country….
- Jim Plunkett talks about politics in Peru
- Fr. Jeff Klaiber talks about the Catholic Church in Latin America
- Service coordinator Willy tells his story of moving from the sierra
- Alicia presents a workshop on medicinal teas; study coordinator Celia translates
- herbs used in the teas
- available fresh and prepared
- Taste test
- Alicia explains the health benefits of each herb
- Notes from the workshop
This semester our meeting place is the Anglican Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in the Miraflores district of Lima. In a city with so much noise, we…
- Good Shepherd
- Where students enter for classes and workshops
- Two classrooms upstairs, one classroom down
- Outside our whole-group meeting area
- Anita’s class
- Moises’ class
- Irene’s class
- Moises, Anita, and Irene: profesores excelentes
On Friday afternoon the SSTers were buzzing with excited, nervous energy. They had just gotten information about their host families and were preparing to meet them at…
Lima was founded in 1535, and today the metro area has a population of close to 8.4 million. We spent our second day getting to know the…
- Study coordinator Celia starts our downtown tour
- In the Plaza de Armas
- Outside the main post office
- El palacio de gobierno (the Peruvian White House)
- the cathedral
- museo de la literatura
- a block from the main plaza
- atop Cerro San Cristobal (409 meters)
- the view from the top (including Lima’s bullfighting ring)
- At the catacombs
- San Francisco monastery and church
- entrance to the museum at San Francisco
- the changing of the guard
- studying the map of Lima
- figuring out lima’s neighborhoods
- determining bus routes
The students started their first full day in Lima with a stroll through the neighborhoods of Miraflores and San Isidro. On the way to Goshen Tambo—the name…
- Outside Home Peru, home for the first two nights in Lima
- Stopping for a group shot on the first morning
- savoring that first taste of Inka Cola
- Service coordinator Willy offers some fruit
- Trying aguaymanto
- Alicia presents the lucuma
- trying the sour maracuya
- learning how to eat a granadilla
- walking through the market on the way to lunch
- first view of the Pacific
- Getting ready to catch the dragon tail
- more icebreakers
- Flying Dutchman
- Starting the trek down to the ocean
- still trekking!
- skipping stones
- found and photographed: mini crab shell
- the trek back up!
- Papas a la Huancayina
- Dinner the first night
After a long day of travel the SSTers landed safely at Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima. Coordinator Celia Vasquez and director Heather Gary met the travelers…
- At the Lima Airport
