I havent posted a blog in over a month and for that I am very sorry. Ill try really hard to make this one mind blowing. So the last month in lima has been pretty busy for me. The interns and I worked hard to prepare for the arrival of our fellow AFCers. Their arrival was exciting, as they immediately jumped into action. over the next couple of weeks they tore through service projects traveled around peru, and adventured through the local gastronomy. Overall their adventure was a huge success. I was excited to get to see friends and build new relationships with people from home. If you would like to read more about the AFCs time in peru go to www.afewinperu.blogspot.com and read some of their post.
Its been a strange feeling the past couple of weeks, knowing that our internship is almost over. Ive never been a big fan of saying goodbye to people. However having the AFC here to help transition back to the states has been a huge blessing. We have had the opportunity to spend lots of time together through multiple bus rides, devos and all sorts of service projects. We had a blast in a town called ica, a place that I have been wanting to visit since I arrived in Peru. In the middle of the dessert in Ica is a small oasis called huacachina (wakacheena). We got to go on adventures in the sand dunes in buggys, and slide down them on snowboard shaped boards. It was a great time for sure. Kyle and I walked around the oasis on the second day looking for the smallest fastest buggy we could find, and hired the guy to tear through the sand dunes with us. It was an adventure I wont forget.
On friday night, I said goodbye to many of the friends I have made over the past 5 months. I enjoyed seeing everyone, and looking back on the friendships that we have built. Its fun to compare our abilities to communicate compared to when we first arrived. It was hard to say goodbye to everybody, but there is always a sense of excitement for what is to come. The next day I left peru with the AFCers bound for my next door neighbors, Brazil. My first impressions of brazil have been really good. I love the city we are in, called porto allegre. We have already been off to a busy start as we went to a profesional soccer game, and cleaned out a house thats getting ready for some new missionaries to move into. Im excited about the rest of our time in Brazil, and im sure that God will bring us some blessings, and great stories. Ill be back in the states on the 1st of july, so give me a call. If you bring the barbecue ill come.
God Bless,
Kyle Glaeser
Monday, June 13, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Senioritis
Well I guess we've gotten our version of senioritis with our trip here when it comes to this blog. We now have less than a month left, and we haven't posted in about a month either :/ Oops!
Here's a quick update:
Kyle W and I went to the hometown of one of our friends who recently graduated as a doctor and Kyle got to help her with a medical campaign. We went to Canta, a small mountain town, and eventually to Lachaqui, a smaller town outside of Canta, and it was beautiful! I have lots of photos on my facebook if you're interested.
Kyle G has been surfing his face off the past few weeks trying to fit as much in as possible before we leave and has almost died a couple of times... no worries...
The four of us flew to Puno with our friend Peck to visit Lake Titicaca and it was AWESOME!!!! but short. I wanna go back. We slept on a boat the first night, Kyle G got sick and had to go get an IV and eventually head home early, we visited some man-made floating islands made out of reeds, saw some traditional dances that were strange and sometimes a little inappropriate, ate some great food, and bought a TON of presents for family and friends :)
We had a missionary women's retreat a couple of weekends ago that was headed up by Stacy Yoakum and was AWESOME as well :) She did a great job. We spent the weekend resting and reconnecting with God through worship, prayer and study. It was a very refreshing and rejuvenating time for me and I think for everyone else that went as well.
Currently the Aggies For Christ: South America (AFCSA) group is here for 3 weeks and we've been having a blast working with them, showing them the city, and just getting to hang out with friends we haven't seen in a while. Our mentor Traci got to come with them too, so we've also been enjoying spending time with her and having deeper conversations about our time here. They will be here until June 11th, when they head to Brazil. While they've been here, we've worked on a few service projects, seen a little of the city, shopped for souvenirs, and passed out fliers for and participated in La Gran Fiesta! This was a party that the church put on to celebrate a season of outreach in the church. There were over 100 people there!! Which is huge for us :)
Here's a quick update:
Kyle W and I went to the hometown of one of our friends who recently graduated as a doctor and Kyle got to help her with a medical campaign. We went to Canta, a small mountain town, and eventually to Lachaqui, a smaller town outside of Canta, and it was beautiful! I have lots of photos on my facebook if you're interested.
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| Panoramic view from Lachaqui |
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| Kyle in Canta |
Kyle G has been surfing his face off the past few weeks trying to fit as much in as possible before we leave and has almost died a couple of times... no worries...
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| Classic |
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| Kyle, Jenny and I on one of the floating islands |
We had a missionary women's retreat a couple of weekends ago that was headed up by Stacy Yoakum and was AWESOME as well :) She did a great job. We spent the weekend resting and reconnecting with God through worship, prayer and study. It was a very refreshing and rejuvenating time for me and I think for everyone else that went as well.
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| The group :) We're silly |
Currently the Aggies For Christ: South America (AFCSA) group is here for 3 weeks and we've been having a blast working with them, showing them the city, and just getting to hang out with friends we haven't seen in a while. Our mentor Traci got to come with them too, so we've also been enjoying spending time with her and having deeper conversations about our time here. They will be here until June 11th, when they head to Brazil. While they've been here, we've worked on a few service projects, seen a little of the city, shopped for souvenirs, and passed out fliers for and participated in La Gran Fiesta! This was a party that the church put on to celebrate a season of outreach in the church. There were over 100 people there!! Which is huge for us :)
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| Before cleaning up at a school in Villa Maria |
Currently we are in Arequipa for the annual Peruvian Missions Summit (yes, that makes PMS and it is a constant source of laughs). The mission teams from Lima, Arequipa and Cusco get together once a year to catch up and have a time of encouragement. The AFC team and interns all took a 15 hour bus ride last night and we arrived this morning and have been resting and playing with the alpacas that live here :)
Until next time!
Taylor
Until next time!
Taylor
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Departamento de Voluntarios - Intern Apartment
I've got several exciting things to share in this post. The first is about a Bible study I've been doing with Stacy during our mentor time. The English speaking women's group was reading Discerning the Voice of God by Priscilla Shirer when Taylor and I started going, and Stacy and I decided to finish the parts that the group had done before we joined. It has been a great study making me rethink my ideas of the Holy Spirit and the voice of God in my life. God has used this study to break down my wrong beliefs and to teach me so much about Himself. I totally recommend this study to any group of women, small or large.
The team had some visitors during Semana Santa that the interns were espeically excited about: Kelly and Sara Davidson! I'm sure John Mark and his family were excited since their grandparents were in town, but they weren't the only ones. It was so great to have the leaders of AFC, who have been wonderful mentors to all of the interns over the past four years, in town for a while. On a Monday we got to have a special time of conversation and yummy food from "the goddess of homemaking" that was reflective and encouraging. Thanks Kelly and Sara for being such great role models for us on so many levels. We love you!
Speaking of AFC love... the AFC South America group will be here in a little over two weeks. It is the interns' "job" to hang out with them while they are here doing ministry, encouraging the team, and learning about the culture. The team has been planning for their few weeks here and we are really excited about it. We would love for you to follow their blog while they are traveling and to pray for their preparation, fundraising, travel, and growth.
Now about the title of this post... I'm writing this blog sitting in the new intern apartment! Taylor and I moved from the Fletcher house to the apartment on Thursday after spending about a month furnishing it with help from the whole team. We will finish our time in Lima living in the apartment then in August, four new girl interns will move in for their 9 months with the team. Two of these girls, Lyndsay and Chelsey, have a blog already. Please pray for our preparations for them and for the time they have left in the states and the time they'll have here in Lima.
Big things are happenning in Lima!
Until next time,
JLD
The team had some visitors during Semana Santa that the interns were espeically excited about: Kelly and Sara Davidson! I'm sure John Mark and his family were excited since their grandparents were in town, but they weren't the only ones. It was so great to have the leaders of AFC, who have been wonderful mentors to all of the interns over the past four years, in town for a while. On a Monday we got to have a special time of conversation and yummy food from "the goddess of homemaking" that was reflective and encouraging. Thanks Kelly and Sara for being such great role models for us on so many levels. We love you!
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| AFC love! |
Speaking of AFC love... the AFC South America group will be here in a little over two weeks. It is the interns' "job" to hang out with them while they are here doing ministry, encouraging the team, and learning about the culture. The team has been planning for their few weeks here and we are really excited about it. We would love for you to follow their blog while they are traveling and to pray for their preparation, fundraising, travel, and growth.
Now about the title of this post... I'm writing this blog sitting in the new intern apartment! Taylor and I moved from the Fletcher house to the apartment on Thursday after spending about a month furnishing it with help from the whole team. We will finish our time in Lima living in the apartment then in August, four new girl interns will move in for their 9 months with the team. Two of these girls, Lyndsay and Chelsey, have a blog already. Please pray for our preparations for them and for the time they have left in the states and the time they'll have here in Lima.
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| The chair I'm sitting in now in the intern apartment. |
Until next time,
JLD
Monday, May 2, 2011
Aventura
It has been a while since I have posted a blog, and for that I do apologize. It has certainly been quite a few weeks and there is a lot of great stories. So lets get started.
The jungle.
If you read jennys post then you saw that we went to the jungle. This was an amazing trip, and I wish you could have been there, whoever you are. We went to a town called pulcalpa in the amazon jungle. While we were there we built the foundation for a church in a village of people who mostly spoke shipebo, a local amazona language. It was a little frustrating that after all this work we have put into spanish, there was a large group of people that we could not communicate with because they didnt speak spanish either. Overall the trip was a success as we were able to complete the project at hand, and also spend a lot of quality time with the kids and people of the area. we also had a half day were we went to the river and went swimming off a boat. I climbed a tree with a sloth also, which was a pretty sweet adventure in itself. When I got up in the tree i realized that it was covered in the largest black ants i have ever seen, and they were getting on me. I tried really hard not to move too much as I was hanging over what looked to be prime real-estate for anacondas and crocodiles. After trying to keep my cool for a while, a local told me they dont bite, which really wasn't very comforting.
Mens Advance.
I decided to bring a little AFC tradition to Lima. Last week the guys and I loaded up for a 2 day trip to get as far into the mountains as we could. We were far more than successful as we left sea level that morning and set up camp a few hours later at 14,800 ft. I was blessed with good health for the night, but i wasnt blessed with warm clothes in the well below freezing temperatures. Everything became well worth it just to see the stars from this place. THEY WERE AMAZING..... I have never seen anything like it in my life. I could not tell where constelations were because they were overwhelmed by clouds of stars. Later that night 3 of our 4 guys had to evacuate the mountain side to to major altitude sickness. Some cookies were lost, some heads were pounding, but all in all they managed to make it back down to 5000 ft were they could survive. When I woke up in the morning the end of my sleeping bag were my feet where was coated in ice. This gave me the impression that it had gotten very cold the night before. John mark and I woke up early, and being the adventurers we are we decided to set out for a nearby summit of 16000 ft. After one and a half breathless hours we reached the goal and stood at the highest point of our lives. It was a good, but very short of breath feeling.
Ministry,
We were able to organize a service project to do with the peruvians, in the neighborhood of Mark. We repainted an alleyway that had been covered with graffiti in support of a local soccer team. I was a little discouraged at first as not as many peruvians showed up as we had hoped, but the project turned out to be a blessing as we attracted the attention of some of the locals.
One of my friends at the beach came up with a great idea, and I would like it if you guys could be praying for it. He suggested that we get some of the older kids from the villa maria area, where we do our sunday morning kids church, and give them surf lessons. The surfing class here is for the most part dominated by the upper class. The kids in villa maria, will likely not have a chance to enjoy things like the beach very often. Im hoping that by taking some of them out there we will be able to deepen relationships, and maybe find a good niche for them.
Thanks for your prayers and support,
Kyle Glaeser
The jungle.
If you read jennys post then you saw that we went to the jungle. This was an amazing trip, and I wish you could have been there, whoever you are. We went to a town called pulcalpa in the amazon jungle. While we were there we built the foundation for a church in a village of people who mostly spoke shipebo, a local amazona language. It was a little frustrating that after all this work we have put into spanish, there was a large group of people that we could not communicate with because they didnt speak spanish either. Overall the trip was a success as we were able to complete the project at hand, and also spend a lot of quality time with the kids and people of the area. we also had a half day were we went to the river and went swimming off a boat. I climbed a tree with a sloth also, which was a pretty sweet adventure in itself. When I got up in the tree i realized that it was covered in the largest black ants i have ever seen, and they were getting on me. I tried really hard not to move too much as I was hanging over what looked to be prime real-estate for anacondas and crocodiles. After trying to keep my cool for a while, a local told me they dont bite, which really wasn't very comforting.
Mens Advance.
I decided to bring a little AFC tradition to Lima. Last week the guys and I loaded up for a 2 day trip to get as far into the mountains as we could. We were far more than successful as we left sea level that morning and set up camp a few hours later at 14,800 ft. I was blessed with good health for the night, but i wasnt blessed with warm clothes in the well below freezing temperatures. Everything became well worth it just to see the stars from this place. THEY WERE AMAZING..... I have never seen anything like it in my life. I could not tell where constelations were because they were overwhelmed by clouds of stars. Later that night 3 of our 4 guys had to evacuate the mountain side to to major altitude sickness. Some cookies were lost, some heads were pounding, but all in all they managed to make it back down to 5000 ft were they could survive. When I woke up in the morning the end of my sleeping bag were my feet where was coated in ice. This gave me the impression that it had gotten very cold the night before. John mark and I woke up early, and being the adventurers we are we decided to set out for a nearby summit of 16000 ft. After one and a half breathless hours we reached the goal and stood at the highest point of our lives. It was a good, but very short of breath feeling.
Ministry,
We were able to organize a service project to do with the peruvians, in the neighborhood of Mark. We repainted an alleyway that had been covered with graffiti in support of a local soccer team. I was a little discouraged at first as not as many peruvians showed up as we had hoped, but the project turned out to be a blessing as we attracted the attention of some of the locals.
One of my friends at the beach came up with a great idea, and I would like it if you guys could be praying for it. He suggested that we get some of the older kids from the villa maria area, where we do our sunday morning kids church, and give them surf lessons. The surfing class here is for the most part dominated by the upper class. The kids in villa maria, will likely not have a chance to enjoy things like the beach very often. Im hoping that by taking some of them out there we will be able to deepen relationships, and maybe find a good niche for them.
Thanks for your prayers and support,
Kyle Glaeser
Friday, April 22, 2011
i'm baaaaaaaaaaack!
well howdy!
as of yesterday at 9:30 pm, i am a peruvian again! it is such a blessing to be back here in lima, and i am definitely not going to take the rest of our time here for granted. i feel like i have a lot of catching up to do with so many people, and i'm really glad to be getting back here during Semana Santa (Holy Week), so that i can be involved with all of the activities and gatherings. but first, i'll catch y'all up on my adventures in physical therapy (aka pain) land and my time in texas.
i just completed three weeks of therapy in rockwall, and i have recovered full range of motion! this is really exciting, because it's now just a matter of time until my bone is fully healed, and i can have complete confidence that i will recover full use of my shoulder and arm again. it will be september or october before my bone is completely healed, and i'll be able to do whatever i want in terms of physical activity, but it's just nice to be able to use my arm. God gave us two for a reason, i figure. i had my last appointment with my doctor on wednesday, and while i have gotten fantastic reports from my therapists, my latest x-rays showed that my bone is about 60-70% healed, which is slower healing than expected. so, i got fitted for this cool ultrasound bone stimulator thing that i wear once a day, which will hopefully help my bone heal a little quicker. long story short, my arm feels pretty good, i can use it again, i just can't lift too much weight. not a bad deal, all things considered.
my last several weeks in rowlett were great! over my time at home, we got to go some great concerts (sister hazel and yonder mountain string band), some great games (a couple of mavs games, including the first playoff game), and eat some great food. i definitely got my fill of all of my favorite foods, everything from chile rellenos at pancho and lefty's, to fish tacos at flying fish, and loads of bbq and burgers from all over the place. it was so much fun getting to spend so much time with my family at home, both mom, dad, and matthew, and my church family at heritage church of christ in rowlett. it's been since high school that i've spent so much time at home, and it's always good to be back. i got to make several trips to college station also, to see folks and go to aggie baseballs games. i love it down there! also, last monday, my grandmother audrey westbrook (my mawmaw) passed away at the age of 80, and we had a graveside service for her last wednesday in foulke, arkansas. it was really difficult, but i was so glad to be home for all of that. she was an amazing woman, and i am looking forward to spending time with her again someday.
my flights yesterday went very smoothly, which is always nice. actually, there was one interesting thing that happened. i was really excited about the flight from miami to lima, because i figured that i would be able to hear lots of spanish conversations and stuff like that. but, it turned out that there were about 40 middle schoolers from a catholic school in quebec on a weeklong mission trip to lima all around me on the flight, and those kids could rapid fire speak that french. so instead of spanish, i was surrounded by crazy french-speaking kiddos. it was very strange.
anyways, thanks so much for all of your prayers over the past few months. it was challenging to be away, but God took care of everything, and i'm just happy to be here now! if you could keep us in your thoughts and prayers over the next two months, we would appreciate it. thanks so much for everything that you do!
hasta luego!
-kyle w.
as of yesterday at 9:30 pm, i am a peruvian again! it is such a blessing to be back here in lima, and i am definitely not going to take the rest of our time here for granted. i feel like i have a lot of catching up to do with so many people, and i'm really glad to be getting back here during Semana Santa (Holy Week), so that i can be involved with all of the activities and gatherings. but first, i'll catch y'all up on my adventures in physical therapy (aka pain) land and my time in texas.
i just completed three weeks of therapy in rockwall, and i have recovered full range of motion! this is really exciting, because it's now just a matter of time until my bone is fully healed, and i can have complete confidence that i will recover full use of my shoulder and arm again. it will be september or october before my bone is completely healed, and i'll be able to do whatever i want in terms of physical activity, but it's just nice to be able to use my arm. God gave us two for a reason, i figure. i had my last appointment with my doctor on wednesday, and while i have gotten fantastic reports from my therapists, my latest x-rays showed that my bone is about 60-70% healed, which is slower healing than expected. so, i got fitted for this cool ultrasound bone stimulator thing that i wear once a day, which will hopefully help my bone heal a little quicker. long story short, my arm feels pretty good, i can use it again, i just can't lift too much weight. not a bad deal, all things considered.
my last several weeks in rowlett were great! over my time at home, we got to go some great concerts (sister hazel and yonder mountain string band), some great games (a couple of mavs games, including the first playoff game), and eat some great food. i definitely got my fill of all of my favorite foods, everything from chile rellenos at pancho and lefty's, to fish tacos at flying fish, and loads of bbq and burgers from all over the place. it was so much fun getting to spend so much time with my family at home, both mom, dad, and matthew, and my church family at heritage church of christ in rowlett. it's been since high school that i've spent so much time at home, and it's always good to be back. i got to make several trips to college station also, to see folks and go to aggie baseballs games. i love it down there! also, last monday, my grandmother audrey westbrook (my mawmaw) passed away at the age of 80, and we had a graveside service for her last wednesday in foulke, arkansas. it was really difficult, but i was so glad to be home for all of that. she was an amazing woman, and i am looking forward to spending time with her again someday.
my flights yesterday went very smoothly, which is always nice. actually, there was one interesting thing that happened. i was really excited about the flight from miami to lima, because i figured that i would be able to hear lots of spanish conversations and stuff like that. but, it turned out that there were about 40 middle schoolers from a catholic school in quebec on a weeklong mission trip to lima all around me on the flight, and those kids could rapid fire speak that french. so instead of spanish, i was surrounded by crazy french-speaking kiddos. it was very strange.
anyways, thanks so much for all of your prayers over the past few months. it was challenging to be away, but God took care of everything, and i'm just happy to be here now! if you could keep us in your thoughts and prayers over the next two months, we would appreciate it. thanks so much for everything that you do!
hasta luego!
-kyle w.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
La Selva - The Jungle
I finally got to go on my first trip outside of Lima last week! Jenny and Kyle have both been out of the city to go to Cusco/Maccu Picchu, but this was my first time to see a different part of the country. From Monday to Friday of last week, the 3 of us together with Wes, Gaby (Peruvian friend), Mark Burgess (another missionary friend in Lima), his interns Allison and Peck, Allison's mom Robin, and a friend of Mark's wife, Catherine headed out to Pucallpa, about a 2 hour flight from Lima. Mark has been to Pucallpa and worked with the village we went to several times before this trip. Our goals for the trip were to help them start building a newer, sturdier building for the church there and, because Allison's mom is a doctor, have a small scale medical mission as well.
On Thursday we took the morning to do a little sightseeing and shopping. We went to a market (mainly for fish) and walked around, looking very out of place as a huge group of gringos. It was really fun and interesting though to see all the fish and fresh vegetables and fruit for sale. Some of us bought machetes, hammocks, and Wes bought a few crocodile skulls haha. After the first market we went down to the river, where there are more markets and more fish and a great view from the clock tower there. The river is called the Ucayali and it is one of the largest tributaries to the Amason. Then we drove over to the Laguna part of the river for a boat ride! We saw a couple of perezosos (sloths) in their natural habitat and the boys decided to climb up in the tree to take pictures of them. Also, there were houses that were half way underwater because it is the wet season right now, and a few of us went for a swim off the side of the boat! (video)
The hotel where we stayed was in the more urban part of Pucallpa and was very nice. It had a pool and AC and everything! haha The village we worked in was about a 30 minute mototaxi ride from our hotel. We drove out there every morning around 9 after having a devotional and breakfast, worked until lunch when the ladies in the village would cook us food (it was always great!!), then started work again until around 5, showers, dinner, swim.... That was the basic schedule for every day.
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| Peck, Kyle and Wes squeezed into their mototaxi |
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| Gaby with our monkey friend! We loved him :) |
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| The sky there was beautiful! Very different from the pollution in Lima. |
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| Day at the market. Here we have some crocodile, medium sized fish, and really large fish... |
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| Panoramic of the Ucayali River |
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| Gaby, Jenny and I on our boat ride :) |
Other fun adventures from the trip:
There was a parade for one of the presidential candidates, Ollanta, while we were there and we saw him drive by in his truck. Very cool except we don't want him to be the president.
That cute monkey that Gaby is holding pooped on me :( He was so cute though. I want a pet monkey.
The last day that we worked, Friday, it rained all afternoon, so we just played in the rain and mud with the kids from the village!! I hadn't seen real rain since we got to Lima. It was awesome.
I accidentally ordered chicken feet for dinner one night... I do have some boundaries when it comes to food haha
Gaby learned how to swim! She didn't know how before the trip but we practiced in the pool and then she swam in the river :)
Kyle, Gaby and I got temporary tattoos! But by "temporary" they meant "the next time your skin touches water, this will come off." Not exactly the 15 days I was promised haha
Random update from Lima: We have officially started renting an apartment for interns and Jenny and I are working on getting it furnished and set up for the 4 new intern girls that will be coming to Lima in August!
AND Kyle gets back this Thursday!!! WHOOPP!!!!! So excited about that :)
Love and miss you all!!
Taylor
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
¡Sube al Bus! - Get on the Bus!
Forget the plans that I told you I had yesterday. This is what happens in Peru... plans change. This time for the better, in fact, the new plans turned into awesomeness.
When John Mark picked us up for jam session we realized that there was only going to be one Peruvian with us. So Kyle and John Mark, being the adventure seekers that they are, decided to check off something on their list of crazy things to do: be on Peruvian TV. The lucky show that was graced by the presence of JM, Kyle, Taylor, Gaby, and me - El Último Pasajero (The Last Passenger), a game show where high schools compete to win a free end-of-the-year-trip.
We basically just walked into the studio and the workers with their fancy headsets asked if we were there to be part of the show. We decided that we were so they gave us shirts to wear and a free Sprite, that we were supposed to hide until they told us. The theme song of the show is Sube al Bus (Get on the Bus) since the schools are competing for a trip. At the end each team gets to pick a key to try to start their bus and win.
So we joined with a school from Miraflores to cheer for their team of students. The audience was completely students from three different schools and they were all going crazy. Right away three members of each team had to play a game of slip-n-slide mixed with darts, where they slid from one end of a giant soap-covered target to see how far they could get. Blue won that challenge yay!
Then there was a commercial time where we all took out our hidden Sprite and drank it. The slogan for Sprite right now in Peru is La Verdad Refresca (The True Soft Drink). So the team leaders competed in a true/false game of high school knowledge trivia and the red team won. Later there was a challenge where two girls got haircuts to see who would cut the most grams of hair off. It was intense and one girl even cried!
After the last commercial break there was another trivia game. Each team member who got a question right got to get on the bus. In the end, the green team's bus started and they won the trip. It was an exciting hour and a half for all of us gringos... a definitely Peruvian experience!
Chau!
-JLD
When John Mark picked us up for jam session we realized that there was only going to be one Peruvian with us. So Kyle and John Mark, being the adventure seekers that they are, decided to check off something on their list of crazy things to do: be on Peruvian TV. The lucky show that was graced by the presence of JM, Kyle, Taylor, Gaby, and me - El Último Pasajero (The Last Passenger), a game show where high schools compete to win a free end-of-the-year-trip.
We basically just walked into the studio and the workers with their fancy headsets asked if we were there to be part of the show. We decided that we were so they gave us shirts to wear and a free Sprite, that we were supposed to hide until they told us. The theme song of the show is Sube al Bus (Get on the Bus) since the schools are competing for a trip. At the end each team gets to pick a key to try to start their bus and win.
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| Gaby with her shirt. Go azul! |
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| So that's what the studio of a TV show looks like! |
After the last commercial break there was another trivia game. Each team member who got a question right got to get on the bus. In the end, the green team's bus started and they won the trip. It was an exciting hour and a half for all of us gringos... a definitely Peruvian experience!
Chau!
-JLD
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