Monday in Cusco

Monday was bright and cold, and we had our regular breakfast of flat bakery rolls, peanut butter, jelly, and juice and coffee before setting out in our ministry teams.
Our teams are rotating so each team will take on different opportunities. One of our morning ministries has been visiting the Hogar Clinica, San Juan de Dios, which is a hospital which provides many services including continuing care of handicapped children.
Some of our team worked in the kitchen and cooked lunch for the children, while others washed and folded clothes, while others pushed children around the yard in the sunshine and played with then at the handicapped play ground on their campus.

VBS sessions continue to do well. Each situation is unique in that the one at the orphanage has the same children each day; the one at the CORASON center and the one near the brick factory are impacted by children having to work all day or still be in school when the VBS starts at 3:00. Monday our lesson was on Jesus makes you a Fisher for men from the scripture of Peter success at fishing when Jesus told him to throw his net on the other side of the boat.

A local teacher who subsidizes her income by selling Peruvian goods came to meet our buses as we returned from the field. We now are seeing a lot of brightly colored wool hats and gloves; actually these are great to have as it is really cold!


Tonight was the special night when the seniors share their love and advice with those they will leave in the youth group in August. It was a

time for laughter and tears and dear reminising followed by pizzia. This was a much appreciated treat which delighted our American taste buds.