Welcome to Peru!!!

Hola amigos!!!  Our flights went great!! (even thought they were super early), and all the luggage made it!!! After arriving late into Lima we met up with our good friends Gladis and Raul, and headed to the Cathlolic House (Catholic Hostile). When we arrived many people in the lobby were singing and praising! It was thier prayer or worship day. They had an ALL night mass service and we could hear them singing until early the next morning! They are so thankful for what they have, and many of those people have nothing. The next morning we headed to breakfast at the hostile and met a wonderfull lady, Sister Maria. She was very kind to us and made sure all of us had what we needed. After breakfast we took a quick walk around Lima. Its quite chilly in Lima during this time of year since it is thier winter time. We were quite suprised. After we headed back we went to a very small and pleasant Methodist church. EVERYONE there was overwhelmed with joy to see us. Many of them came up to us and hugged us and then kissed our cheek. I was kind of shocked at first, but then I realized its normal. :) After church we headed to lunch. The 18th of July is Dia de Pollo (Chicken Day) , so each one of us got a free 1/4 chicken with our already large meal. Next we headed to the market. There was so many things there!!!! After an hour or so we headed back to the hostile for the night. We were exausted. We ate dinner in the hostile and prepared our bodies and minds for the adventure ahead. Today we arrived in our final destination at Tarapoto, Peru. We had to wake up at 3am, and our flight was scheduled for 6:30am. Everything and everyone arrived safely. Tarapoto is BEAUTIFUL!!!! When we got of the plane there was moutains everywhere. Gentlemen from the hotel picked our luggage and transported us to the hotel (which is very nice). They even carried all our luggage to our rooms for us! As a welcoming gift a young women brought us each  a glass of grape juice! It was delicious. We are at the hotel, and going to rest for a couple hours before going to lunch and checking out the worksite!
- Katie :)