By Karen and Duane Sherer Stoltzfus Peru SST Co-Directors, 2014-2015 After six weeks of service, with intense experiences at farflung locations in the mountains and in the jungle, it was very good to be together for two days along the coast. We had our retreat at Kawai, a church…
The town of Vito, deep in the Andes. Philip shares a journal entry. He and Hayley served in the remote town of Vito, three hours along a twisty, bumpy dirt road from the small city of Chalhuanca, in the state of Apurímac. The sun was shining high…
Josh and Michael with some of boys at Kimo. Josh shares a journal entry, a profile of a young man who lives at a camp called Kimo, owned by Unión Bíblica, an evangelical church. Kimo, which means “happiness” in Asháninka, the local indigenous language, is a home…
Anna with her host mother and sister (and two paintings given as gifts). Anna shares a journal entry on the phrase “Para mí, para ti,” or “For me, for you.” As part of her final research project, she interviewed women in Oxapampa, including her host mother,…
By Karen and Duane Sherer Stoltzfus Peru SST Co-Directors, 2014-2015 We said goodbye to the 19 students in our summer SST group at the security gate at the Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima late on Sunday night. Saying goodbye at security. We’ll miss you! They…
Claire and Anna. By Karen and Duane Sherer Stoltzfus Peru SST Co-Directors, 2014-2015 One way to teach English words to a child who speaks Spanish is simply to say a word in Spanish (sapo) and then have students repeat the word in English (frog). Or you…
By Karen and Duane Sherer Stoltzfus Peru SST Co-Directors, 2014-2015 David rides a mototaxi to the Asháninka community where he’s spending his service term. The two young men walking toward us in the plaza in Santa Ana looked like the Zach and David we remembered —…
By Karen and Duane Sherer Stoltzfus Peru SST Co-Directors, 2014-2015 Jessica stops for a photo on her way home from the clinic. If you are bound for the city of San Ramón, as Jessica was, you have a choice of many different bus lines to get…
By Karen and Duane Sherer Stoltzfus Peru SST Co-Directors, 2014-2015 Abbie and students show their HANDS, one of the new English words for the day. A large sign at the entrance to William Thomson, a private Christian school in Ayacucho, promotes an “alianza estratégica,” or strategic…
By Karen and Duane Sherer Stoltzfus Peru SST Co-Directors, 2014-2015 Alberto in the peach orchard with Duane and his host mother, Margarita. When Margarita Ayma Carlos finished her work day at the La Fuente medical clinic in Cusco, we joined her for the 30-minute bus ride…
