Hello again from Lima.
     This is my first post since we arrived six days ago, and there is already an impossible amount of information to tell. We were able to watch the cotton bowl at the Davidson's on friday, however the result was not favorable, so i will not go into it much. On saturday we had youth night, which went very well. I felt a good connection with some of the youth despite a massive language barrier. Once again i felt the frustration of a language barrier on sunday when we went to Villa Maria to talk to the lowest class of lima. It was an amazing community built on a steep hill in the very sandy desert. Lima is situated in the Atacama desert, which just so happens to be the driest desert in the world. As soon as you get out of the heavily irrigated city, there is evidence of this lack of water in that there are no trees, plants, grass, animals, or even bugs. For these people to build their shacks out on a mountain side in this desert is an extremely desperate act. I wanted to talk to the people very badly, but as I was the first gringo some of these people had ever met, they did not know any english.
     Monday morning was refreshing as I began to knock some dents into learning spanish. I was able to put it to the test tonight when we went to a jam session with some of the youth, to learn new songs and enjoy good company. After that we went to barranco to eat, and stumbled upon a pizzaria that turned into a huge blessing. The man who owned it was a christian and we were able to have a long talk with him, as he gave us lots of free food. Over all this has already been an amazing experience.

Till next time, Chau,
Kyle Glaeser