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Mis Viajes en Perú

Tuesday, July 17, 2007
I am very tempted to write my blogpost en Español since my head is spinning with it right now.

We arrived in Trujillo on Saturday morning. We spent ~17 hours on 3 planes to get here, so we spent most of the day resting and eating. We were thankful to get here in one piece, the four people from Austin still have not received their luggage.

Yesterday we started working in Wichanzao yesterday. The men are doing construction-type work. The women are teaching some informal English classes and playing with the neighborhood children.

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Some of our group playing "Duck Duck Cow" with the kids. Apparently the person who originally taught it couldn't remember the Spanish word for "goose".

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The church in Wichanzao.

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I don't know why they look so unhappy. I promise they were smiling the rest of the time.

There is lots to write about. Today, John Knorr and I went with John Ferguson to a small group Bible study he leads in Spanish with his conversation partner and some other Sociodad de San Augustin (RUF) students. They are reading The Holiness of God by Sproul. It was a joy to hear and understand them as they discussed the book. I love hearing the gospel in another language. It helps my unbelief. The gospel really does break through all cultures and speaks truth to all peoples. It is not just American or English. It feels silly to realize, because it ought to be obvious; the Bible was, after all, written by and to a culture completely different from my own.

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We also got to tour two of the universities here. Walking around the campuses, I actually felt less like I was in a foreign country than the rest of Peru. There was chalking on the sidewalks to promote events. There were benches, libraries, and make-out spots. It was neat to see. The professors are actually on strike right now, so classes have been suspended. Apparently this happens often, so most of the students are continuing to study their course material like normal. I don't understand completely, but I think the teachers were supposed to get a higher percent pay raise, and when the newly elected officials came in, they didn't actually give it to them. Pablo, the man who was showing us around, said the teachers did probably deserve to be paid more (I think?), but it is apparently also true that not all of the teachers are qualified. Some of the SALI interns were telling me there are actually a lot of corrupt teachers in the universities as well.

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Peruvians recycle too!

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Where I Am

Friday, July 13, 2007





1. Pray for us! There are 10 or so people going with us from Tulsa, and we will meet up with two other groups when we get there. Pray for the Peru Missionaries there (for more information, see the link on the sidebar). Pray for the Peruvian people we will meet. I hope that we have enough spanish language ability among our group to spend some significant time with the people we meet.

2. Last night I spent the night with the Knorrs here in Tulsa. John Knorr is the campus minister of RUF Tulsa. He and his wife Denise have 5 great kids. We played Puerto Rico and I lost by TWO DOUBLOONS. That's right. John and I tied for victory points, and he had more money.

3. Yesterday on my way from Norman to Tulsa, I somehow missed the exit and drove for an hour north on I-35 instead of east on 44. I was annoyed and late.

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Friday, July 06, 2007
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2. In one week, I'm going to Peru. I can't remember all the stuff I need to go. I have my passport and nalgene. Um... what else?

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I'm Brittany Smith
From Mesquite, TX
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Covenant Seminary
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