In total, I've spent about two weeks in Trujillo. The first week was training with the interns, Lisa Merritt, and the Wellers. We are staying in a guest house called Helping Hands. It's in a really nice area and there's a beautiful park across the street.
That's me and Lauren en el parque grande.The giant, maze-like house sleeps 55 people and has at least 12 bathrooms. It's a very comfortable place, which is nice because we have long days of physically and emotionally taxing work.
That's me in my room... by the bed I've slept in the most :)
After the first week, I went back to the USA for my brother's wedding in Utah. It was beautiful.
However, going from serving the poor in Peru to staying in one of the biggest ski resorts in the United States was a bit of reverse culture shock. The suites and luxury houses were quite the contrast to the small brick, dirt floor houses I see here.
I can hardly swallow the fact people own multi-million dollar homes that they live in for part of the year. And after swallowing it, it sits and churns in my stomach. I want to puke. I know I'm rich.
Now I'm back in Trujillo. I've been back for about a week. We've had our first team here. I wasn't the team leader, so I haven't been with them all the time, but I have spent some time with them and different sites. Most days, teams work at the construction site building a children's home. The teams also spend an afternoon at Inca Link's daycare and an afternoon visiting people in the garbage dump. Because I wasn't leading the team, I got to pick when I went to what sites or other ministries. I spent a few mornings at the construction site, two afternoons at the daycare, and one at the dump. The rest of the time, I planned and worked on my Creative Summer Project, which I am excited about and will blog about later.
I'm glad to be back in Trujillo. I felt comfortable right away. Being here feels right.
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