Today was our first real full day here in Lima. Sarah who is in charge of teams when they come to Peru decided to let us have a little sleep in this morning, so on behalf of the team I thank you for this.

We were up, feed and ready for a meeting by 10 am. All the staff came to meet us and talk to us. Sarah, Connie & Dave, Shannon, Diane and Mike all shared with us what to expect over the next few weeks. We all shared a little about ourselves, made some lunches and then we headed out for a sight seeing, orientation to the area.

First stop today was at the Manchay Care Centre. Ok so many who know that by the time I left there the children I met would have broken my heart. Well we met the guard his wife and children. They had 4 children all very kind and sweet. The little girl was very helpful in giving us all a tour of the centre and her classroom.

Here are some of the photos taken at the centre

After the tour we ate in the dining room. As I ate I almost felt very guilty and ashamed to be eating as the children sat and watched us. I asked for permission to share some of the treats like cookies and chips with the children and they loved it. We took teddy bears today and handed several out. The girls and I gave out 4 or 5 at the care centre to the guard’s children. The most memorial part of this visit was that the little girl went running down to her home and came back and gave me an orange in gratitude for the candy, cookies and bears. This moved me and touched me in a very special way. A child who has very little, family barely has enough food for them all, live in two shakes, one for sleeping for the children and the other for cooking and where the parents sleep.

From the Care Centre we carried on through Manchay to see the property where the new site will be. It looks like it could have real potential. Like every place in the world paper work and following the right procedures is holding up the project. It is only about 2 yrs behind schedule.

There were some very special photos taken at this site.

Then from here we went to a place called Pachacamac which is an archeology find. You can check this out further by going to the website http://www.pachacamac.net/