We took a short trip to visit the ancient Incan city of Ollantaytambo which is located in the same valley where we are teaching.

The city was the location of an important battle which took place as the conquistadors were on their bloody search for gold.

The cobble stone streets and precision sculpting of massive rocks still compose the town hundreds of years later.

one of my students brought me chuño. Chuño is a common found food in southern Peru and Bolivia.

It is essentially freeze dried potatoes.The process takes about 5 days, including several days of drying in the sun and then freezing at night. In between these times the potatoes are rolled under the bare feet of those preparing them in order to remove the skin and squish out the moisture. For more information and instructions on preparing your own Chuño, click here

For Seth’s birthday, the Villalobos had us over and we had lomo saltado (one of Seth’s favorite peruvian foods), and birthday cake.

Everyone is having fun.

the children come.

Luke 18:16 “But Jesus called them to him, saying, Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.”

of eternal life was promised by God. He keeps His promises.

“Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness, in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began.” Titus 1:1,2

that is was good.

Genesis 1:11-12
“And God said, Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth. And it was so. The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.”