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Preparing for new sons and daughters

January 8, 2014

Host parents for the Peru Study-Service Term students met Monday night with SST Co-Directors Richard R. Aguirre and Judy Weaver and SST Lima Study Coordinator Celia Vasquez. The meeting at the Anglican Cathedral of the Good Shepherd (Buen Pastor) was designed to give the parents an overview of the Spring 2014 program and to highlight the important roles and responsibilities of the host families.

Peru SST Co-Director Judy Weaver and Lima Study Coordinator Celia Vasquez speak to host parents.
Peru SST Co-Director Judy Weaver and Lima Study Coordinator Celia Vasquez speak to host parents.

Judy and Celia provided key dates for the coming weeks and answered questions about ways to orient the students to Lima and make them feel welcome. Richard thanked the parents for their participation and for opening their homes and hearts to the students. He also shared information about Goshen College, distributed a description of the core values (translated into Spanish) and played three new TV commercial spots about the college that recently were produced in Spanish and which are being broadcast in Indiana.

The highlight of the meeting was the distribution of biographical information sheets prepared by each student. A representative of each family read aloud the name of his or her student and the descriptive information so that all families could learn something about the students. There were smiles and laughter as host parents shared about their future sons or daughters and talked about their anticipation of the coming weeks.

Peru SST Co-Director Judy Weaver and Lima Study Coordinator Celia Vasquez speak to host parents.
Eliana Mauriola reads about her new host son, Thomas.
While her husband, Juan, listens, Charo Calderon reads about her new host daughter, Maria.
Rosario Laos Rios reads about her new host daughter, Aimee.
While her husband, Percy, watches, Sonia Peralta Olaechea talks about her new host son, Caleb.
Eduardo Nue reads about his new host son, Jacob.
Blanca Ramirez Aguirre reads about her new host son, Neal.
Betty Lozano Cahuana reads about her new host son, Derek.
Marisel Avalos Mendocilla reads about her new host daughter, Natalie.
Ines Orbegozo Sanchez reads about her new host son, Jackson.
Christian Mucha reads about his new host daughter, Gina.
Carlos Seson reads about his host son, Jonathan.
Edith Acosta reads about her new host son, Dean.
While his wife, Sara, watches, Glicerio Huarac reads about his new host daughter, Gretchen.
Maritza Abad Galindo reads about her new host daughter, Malaina.
Peru SST Co-Director Judy Weaver with Lima Study Coordinator Celia Vasquez.
Parents learn about the Spring 2014 program.
The parents meeting concludes with prayer.