Thursday, April 1, 2010

Wednesday, March 31st



Once again, WOW is all we have to say!  Words really cant describe our experience once again.  Thus, we'll share a few bullet points and show some pics...



-Did a service project in the morning at Campamento de Playa (Y Camp).  Planted some trees along the entrance.  We each got to plant and name a tree (sign and all!)

-some of us ate some guinea pig...pretty tasty!

-Traveled 2 1/2 hours south to Ica for our desert trip.  AMAZING!   Rode dune buggys through the desert.  It was so intense, very comparable to riding a roller coaster.  The beginning of the Andes Mountains served as a backdrop.

-Sandboarded!  We went on our bellies, sitting, and even standing like a snowboard.  Some of the hills were HUGE!  Check out the pic...you can barely make out all the people at the bottom of the hill.  It took roughly 15-20 seconds to get down...thats a long time when you're on a sandboard!


-camped out under the stars.  Beautiful.  We were even able to see some constellations only visible from the Southern Hemisphere (The Southern Cross, etc.)

-saw a natural mirage

-we were able to bring two new friends with us from el barrio, Manuel & Hanibol.  Since they helped us work, Paco suggested they come along and hang out with us.  Having them with us, along with Andres & Daniel from Columbia, made for some really fun conversations in Spanglish!

-shout out to our friend John from Camp SeaGull. He returned to the US yesterday after seving 3 months here with the Lima YMCA.  He was such a big help while we were here!  We pray that his adjustment back to life in the US is smooth.

Enjoy the pics!











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