All our language teachers & Concho on our last day
Parties! Peruvians love an excuse to have a party and this week we were it! It was so wonderful to get the chance to formally say thank you and good-bye to all of the people that helped us transition to life in Peru. Bob and Noél Rich (our hosts) took us to the airport and then our good friend Wolfgang from school surprised us, met us there to say good-bye and sent us along with some good Arequipeño chocolate. When we arrived in cloudy and cool Lima, we met our buddy Seth in the baggage claim area! He had just returned from the jungle and was on his way to Arequipa. It was great to see him after he had left language school in July. (Jess- he's doing just fine!)
Mark and his son, Emmett, picked us up from the airport and we arrived at the house an hour later in time for another party! Our whole team and some of the church members were there to welcome us. We had a delicious meal topped off with ice cream cake - a tradition in the Ross family. We were also celebrating Taylor Berry's and Susan Crenshaw's birthdays. Michael wasted no time in getting a futbol game going in their backyard, and Noah wasted no time in getting to know all his new friends and a Jack-Russell Terrier here named Luna. We are really going to enjoy living with the Berrys while we search for a place to live. Noah is so entertained by his new buddies.
This morning, we got to attend the church in Salamanca where we will be working! We are so grateful to finally be here and get to know the community! We have felt so loved both in leaving Arequipa and being welcomed to our new city! Thank you for praying for this step in the process. We have a few more obstacles to work through before feeling at home here, but we can trust that the Lord had gone before us and will help us with each piece of the puzzle.
Our new mailing address is:
Michael or Laura Salvatierra
(Queovadis Estrada)
Apartado 1529
Lima 100
Peru
Queovadis is a man that works for our team and helps us with many things. He will be picking up our mail for us, so if you send a package, put his name on it with ours, and he can pick it up without us having to go as well.
Emmett Berry, Enrique's daughters
Kayla Ross, Abigail Berry, Bella Ross, Anna Berry, Noah, & Taylor Berry
2 comments:
The Adventure Continues! We love you three and will keep you in our prayers! We will bring you before the throne of God who longs to provide grace and help!
Now that you guys aren't too far away, I'll have to stop by the next time I'm in Lima. I'm even willing to lend you the Silmarillion again if you can't find it in English (it is really easy to find it in Spanish, I have that one too). Where in Lima are you?
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