Peru SST

Host Families!

Students met their host families on Friday evening, Jan.12, and spent the weekend getting acquainted with their new homes and neighborhoods.

Orientation January 11 and 12

Students walked 4 blocks from Casa Goshen to picnic on the Malecon overlooking the ocean,  greeted the Pacific, enjoyed a fruit tasting with Alicia, produced skits about cultural do’s & don’t’s, and visited the presidential palace at Plaza Mayor in old Lima.

Welcome to SST Peru Spring 2018!

Peru Pilgrimage begins now! The group arrived safely in Lima early Thursday Jan.11, and went to rest in a hostel. They will have a 2-day orientation and then be taken by their host families to their new homes on Friday evening.  …

Retreat

July 29-31. Students returned to Casa Goshen Saturday morning after spending the night at the homes of their Lima host families, sharing with them their experiences from the last 6 weeks on service.  Then we all boarded a bus for a retreat center at the edge of Lima where…

All the students return from service assignments

July 28. Over a 9-hour stretch yesterday all 21 students safely returned from their service assignments to Casa Goshen in Lima.  The house filled with sounds of joy as each successive returning group entered and was welcomed by friends they had not seen for six weeks (although it seemed…

Chalhuanca and Caraybamba: Connor and Hans.

July 19-21. These two towns are reached by a 14-hour overnight bus ride from Lima through the Andes mountains.  Chalhuanca, the larger of the towns, is the service home of Connor.  Connor split his service work between teaching English at a local school and working in a medical laboratory…

Curahuasi: Erin and Nathan

July 18-19, 26. Curahuasi is about a 90-minute drive from Cusco.  It’s most famous claim to fame is as the home of the Sayhuite Rock, a large piece of granite carved by the Incas with more than 200 figures.  Curahuasi is also the service home of Erin and Nathan. …

Cusco: Mara and Maddy

July 17 Cusco, the high Andean city where the group’s journey to Machu Picchu began, is also the service location for two students.  Maria began the visit with the service location of Mara, who is teaching at the private Mennonite school La Promesa.  Mara teaches English classes in the…

San Miguel: Caleb and Christy

July 11. The Amazon region of Peru is home to more than 50 indigenous groups, the largest of which is the Ashaninka people, numbering about 80,000.  Caleb and Christy are living in one of the communities, San Miguel, which welcomes visitors to live with them.   The community is…

Chanchamayo: Jordan, Meredith and Cassie

July 9-12. These three nursing students are all serving in different health clinics in Chanchamayo, a popular coffee-growing region directly east of Lima that is reached by a road that climbs from Lima (in the desert at sea level), up over the Andes, through a snowy mountain pass at…