Despedida

Last night we had our despedida (party) for our host families in Lima. I sang in a couple of songs and was in two plays. We did one in Spanish and I played the role of Ima Sumac. It was very challenging but I managed to memorize my lines. The second act was about our experience taking the bus in Lima. It was so funny and I wish I had taped it, we got many laughs out of the crowed with it. A group of 3 girls and I sang the song "Imagine" and I also played the Cajon which is a type of drum. We finished the night with 3 hymns since we all love to sing. In the end the night turned out great. The families that have hosted many other SST people in the past commented on our origionality and really enjoyed it. Tomorrow I leave at 8:40am for San Ramon.

Service

Found out where i am going for service today! Im going to Junin, San Ramon which is the Selva (rain forest). I will be working in Elera Clinic. Im very excited to live in the rain forest. It should be an awesome experience.

Villa Maria

This is the place we went for a two day service trip. One of the activities we did was learn how to make Lomo Saltado. It is soooo good. We also met another set of twins during our trip. Would have been cool if Alisha and I were matching as well. Only 1 week left in Lima then its time for the service portion. We should know by wednesday were we are going!

Machu Picchu photos

Adventures

Went to see the sherlock homes 2 movie with some friends in the group and it was in english and it cost around 3 US dollars.  I found the spanish subtitles helpful at learning more spanish. It was weird to be watching a movie in english and it felt like i was at home. Touring Lima is a blast and navigation around the city has not turned out to be as hard i as i had expected. The buses can be a challenge at times. I have yet to get lost (knock on wood) I have been to 3 birthday parties already with my host family and ive only been here a week. The cake is sooooo good, well really all the food is good. Im hoping to go out to watch the super bowl sunday with friends that will be nice and go to a discoteca possible on saturday.

Lima

So I just got back to Lima. The city is so big and the traffic is neverending it seems like. I really like the weather, nice and warm. There are 6 people in my host family in lima. My mom, dad, 24 year old brother, 22 year old sister with a 3 month old son (so cute) and husband, and 15 year old sister.  They live next to many parks which is nice to run in. We are having a tour of lima tomorrow which should be fun to look around the whole city. My final exames will be coming up soon in just 3 weeks. School seems to go really fast here.

Me and my host mom

Acopia

We went on a field trip to acopia this week. We planted over 200 trees. We climbed up mountains for 3 hours it was very tiring but worth it in the end. It only took us 1 hour to get back down. We also went to many inca ruins and museums in Cusco. I only have 2 more days with my host family. Then we are traveling for 4 days and finally going to see Manchu pichu.
This picture was taken at one of out stops on one of our trips.




planting trees in the mountains!