Day 2

Day 2 was another incredible day with our new friends in the Santa Rosita community of San Juan de Lurigancho!! We continued to work on the three homes and two community centers we are helping to build. It is amazing to me the effort that is involved in building these simple homes. We, along with our Peruvian friends, form an assembly line to move the sand up the mountain. One small bag at a time. Today we had more help than yesterday and I'm told that each day, more and more show up. Word travels quickly and everyone wants to see the foreignors who have come to help and play with them!

After lunch, the kids headed out to play soccer again. As the older Peruvian kids were coming home from school, one young man stopped by the soccer area and said, "Oh, mas gringos!" Poor kid left for school and came back to a neighborhood full of gringos!

Another funny...we were working when we all heard what sounded like a combination of fire alarm/car alarm. Suddenly, all the ninos came flying down the mountain carrying bags of trash. The alarm we heard was the garbage pick-up announcing its arrival!!

Before we left, we read a bible story and did a craft with the kids. Natalie, one of our team members read the story of the Three Kings in Spanish (beautifully, I might add!) and then the children decorated their own "coronas". You can see how proud they are of their wonderful crowns!

Dinner was our own choice tonight and Molly and I joined some other team members at a very nice restaurant called "Portafino". I had heard that Lima was famous for their ceviche, so Diane and I split an order. It was incredible! I also had Loma Saltado, which is a traditional dish and also delicious. Check out the rice "pyramid" in the picture! Che rico!

A wonderful end to a wonderful day!

Love, Paola