The Retreat

A semester full of learning, service and adventure closed with a three-day retreat at a beach named Kauai.  We began with final project presentations featuring research done while on service.  The topics included:

• Ají Peppers
• The Day of the Dead
• The Hearing Impaired in Peru
• The Exciting World of Ceramics
• Food and Culture in the Rain Forest
• An Exercise in Dialect
• All Saints Day
• Cuy, What?
• Water, Water, Water
• The Earthquake in Yungay — 1970
• The Ashaninkas

On Sunday we worshipped, discussed each student’s service assignment and relaxed on the beach.  On our last day we talked about re-entry into North American culture.  Afterward we returned to Lima for one last evening before heading home.