Irene with her host mother, Rosario. Irene shares a journal entry: Surquillo, Lima, Peru. It sounds like such a grand place. Maybe up a great path, ending in an open meadow with children playing with lambs. Or the location of a magnificent palace where kings and queens…
Joshua shares a journal entry: “Quieres jugar vóley?” I was asked. “Vóley?” Ohhh, volleyball. Hmm. I don’t play much. But sure, I’m a good head taller than most Peruvians, so I guess I’ll have a slight advantage, right? This was at lunch over some zesty guacamole sandwiches and the richest…
By Karen and Duane Sherer Stoltzfus Peru SST Co-Directors, 2014-2015 Asia and Kate at Cerro San Cristóbal overlooking the city of Lima. We were a little worried that going downtown on Dia de Trabajo, or Labor Day, would be a disappointment to students if the streets…
By Karen and Duane Sherer Stoltzfus Peru SST Co-Directors, 2014-2015 Students in front of La Catedral del Buen Pastor, where they met their host families and where classes will be held. Goshen students met their host families after a day spent touring downtown Lima. The day…
By Karen and Duane Sherer Stoltzfus Peru SST Co-Directors, 2014-2015 Morgan and Peter dig into their picnic lunch of causa rellena con pollo. Our first day of orientation began a little late, at 9:30 a.m, with a walk to Casa Goshen (of course when you don’t…
Summer 2015 Peru SST Group arrives in Lima. After an extended day of travel, 19 students arrived in Lima shortly after midnight, having traded spring in Goshen for fall in Lima. The trip began around 7 a.m. on Wednesday with a ride to Chicago and a short…
By Karen and Duane Sherer Stoltzfus Peru SST Co-Directors, 2014-2015 Elizabeth and Courtney arrived at Casa Goshen around 6 a.m., following a long bus ride from Arequipa. The closing chapter of our three-month semester of study and service in Peru was spent at Kawai, a church…
Ammon Allen-Doucot shares a journal entry. During service, he worked in Ayacucho at Casa Luz, a home for children who have been abandoned or whose parents are otherwise unable to care for them. Ammon with some of the 21 children at Casa Luz. Names matter a great…
By Karen and Duane Sherer Stoltzfus Peru SST Co-Directors, 2014-2015 Courtney and Elizabeth will hold the record this term for taking the longest bus ride to their service location: 16 hours from Lima to Arequipa. Courtney and Liz pose in the Plaza de Armas in their…
Joanna shares a journal entry: “Sin pan, no vive.” (“You can’t live without bread.”) Ercilia Gonzales Pincos, Joanna’s host mother Jo at Luz y Vida. There is such complexity in bread. Everywhere, bread holds great significance; it is a staple of all cuisines in one…
