Go Peru!

Hola from Peru! We have arrived, slept a little, ate a lot, and have walked our little hearts out! The flights from Regina to Toronto and then from Toronto to Lima were uneventful but felt long. It was nice to arrive in Lima, where we were welcomed to the Best Western Hotel in style. After breakfast together, we took a walk along the beach (very close to our hotel) and, not surprisingly, we found food! We are now on a quest for the ruins that we have heard are easily accessible from here...wherever here is for the poor people from whom we keep asking directions.

Thank you to Deanna, Wayne´s wife, who wrote the last entry to the blog while we were in communicado. We will try to keep you posted daily if it´s possible, but if it is not, we will post as soon as we can after.

We were initially uncertain how this layover would take shape, but are now very appreciative that we have had this time of relaxing, yet enervating, time of acclimatizing ourselves to South American culture. It´s beautiful, it´s lovely weather (some of the nationals are wearing wool coates or down filled coats while we are removing nylon shells), and we have been impressed with how friendly the people are. We have had a chance to spend more time together...we will be the Siamese 10 when we get back (go, Wild Hogs!...you had to be on the flight here to get that), and we are blessed by all that God has arranged for us to experience so far. Our luggage is intact, we are contemplating buying more!

Thank you for your prayers for a safe journey. They have been answered. Please keep Karen in prayer as she has picked up a cold virus. If you can, pray for her tonight as we fly (2 o´clock a.m. Regina time). Please keep all of us in prayer as we see the local ruins and spend our evening together tonight before we fly to Cochabamba.

To our families, we miss you and are thinking of you. Thanks for supporting us. We love you all, and are very excited and grateful that God has led us here.

Nos vamos con Dios (we are going with God)!

Posted by Nadine (3 o´clock in Peru)