Driving in South America is awesome. They probably have traffic laws but none of the signs or lines seem to matter at all. It’s really a game of chicken. You pull out in front of people with a small ‘beep beep’ of your horn and they might stop. You keep inching your way forward until someone else is the ‘chicken.’ This is a typical intersection with no light and no sign (not that they would matter too much anyway). Notice that two cars are trying to fit through one hole with two lanes. How there are not more accidents every day is one one part of what makes this place amazing.
Category: Peru
Fútbolito
Posted on January 14, 2016January 14, 2016Categories Peru, Travel Leave a comment on FútbolitoWe took a few hours this morning to play some fútbol. Not the big version but rather the small one – fútbolito. It’s basically the same thing except the goals are smaller, the field is smaller, and you can’t shoot the ball until you are inside the white line. Making it a lot more about skill. I could feel the elevation just walking up the steps to the field as 7,000 ft is a big change. But for being a gigantic white north american I actually did very well and scored a lot of goals. Earned the respect of the locals for sure. You might also notice Taylor is the goalie which he loved and did a great job. Normally this is played on concrete but we rented the nice field complete with synthetic grass and shade. Great time and I’m only a little sore.
Voice Lessons
Posted on January 12, 2016January 12, 2016Categories Music, Peru, Travel, Uncategorized Leave a comment on Voice LessonsWe are working with their worship team everyday starting at 4. We work with the first team, then all the instrumentalist, then the 2nd team, and then all the vocalist till about 8:30. It’s been fun to get to know everyone and to see how fast they are improving. Pray for them as we are teaching completely in Spanish and have no translator – somehow they understand. Glory to God.
Guinea Pigs Are Not Pets
Posted on January 11, 2016May 12, 2021Categories Food, Funny, Peru, Travel Leave a comment on Guinea Pigs Are Not Pets
They call them ‘Cuy’ and they are not pets. It’s a bit like Red Lobster where you pick out the one you want and they prepare them for you. Deep fried whole (I have pictures but I’ll spare you as it’s not pretty). They say it’s very tasty but I have not experienced it for myself. So why Guinea Pigs? Well they are cheap source of meat that reproduces very quickly. They have a phrase that says if you want an army of Cuy all you need is one couple in love. Three to four babies can be produced per month and breading age is reached within a month. It also only takes three months to be ready to eat. Anyone hungry?
Pizza Meter
Posted on January 9, 2016Categories Food, Peru, Travel Leave a comment on Pizza MeterAte lunch today at a place call el Tablón where you can buy a pizza by the meter (roughly 3 ft.) between us four and three Peruvians we ate it all.
Big Mountains
Posted on January 9, 2016Categories Peru, Travel Leave a comment on Big MountainsWe will try not to post too many pictures of these mountains but they are very impressive. The one on the right is a volcano but both are about 20,000 ft high at the top.