A Baptism Of Thunder

So, a lots happened since I last blogged, sorry about that!

First of, there´s been Christmas and New Years.

We spent sometime, just the four of us, in the morning, opening presents and having  a fry-up (a rare treat!)! We went round our supervisors house and had Christmas lunch with his family, as well as some friends from church. We had a regular sort of Western Christmas, as most of the people we were with were from the West. Our supervisor managed to fit 30 pieces of carrot into his mouth! It was like a veggie version of ´Chuby Bunnies´! It was nice to be made to feel at home, but it would have been exciting to have experienced a truly Peruvian Christmas.

New Year´s, on the other hand, was very Peruvian. We went out to the centre of Cusco, where it all happens!!!

The Plaza was FULL, over FULL, of people, fireworks were being let off amongst the crowd, even before midnight came, people were screaming, either out of excitment or out of fear as a firework exploded at thier feet. As the clock struck 12, everyone went mad! They all hugged one another, throwing me into the person in front and start an enourmous conga line!

One New Year’s Day, someone from the church got baptised. We all stood out in the garden of the pastor’s home, whilst the strom clouds gathered and thunder roared to wittness a man proclaiming his belife in Jesus!

We’ve also been working solidly for most of January, planning a holiday club for kids and teenagers, since they’re on summer hols here! Working in an office really isn’t my sort of thing and it’s been a challenge most days to stick it out, but we’ve fianlly got it done…and as a reward, we’re going to Arequipa (another large city in Peru), for a mid-term break!