Chaos

That is the word I use to desribe Peru. My hair is chaos (due to funky outlets that make my hair dryer do weird things), my room is chaos, the taxi drivers are chaos, the streets are chaos. I've been here for 5 days now and am slowly adjusting to the chaos. I've learned that you don't watch the road while riding in a taxi or else you will wet your pants out of fear every time. To require an American to give up control is an interesting thing...

The people here are so friendly and generous. I live in the upstairs in the home of a Peruvian family. They speak no English so it took a while for them to show us how to use the shower and other such things. I've already enjoyed some Peruvian icecream, goat, Inca Kola, and asparagus soup (Peru is the world's largest exporter of asparagus). And I'm already taking weekly salsa dance lessons from a suave Peruvian man...woohoo!

This week has been a week of orientation and exploring the city. Next week I begin teaching classes and working with the pastors.