We flew into Cusco Saturday morning. What a great experience, flying into the Andes mountains!!
I continue to be so totally amazed at God´s wonderful, amazing creation!! We are nestled in the middle of the mountains, high up on a hill overlooking the town. There are very, very narrow streets to travel in our buses. That can be a little frightening at times.
We went down to the little community where we are doing VBS. The people here are amazing. I keep remembering the pictures I have seen from National Geographic of the Peruvian Indian women with the hats, the very colorful shawls, the long skirts and leggings. That is what we are seeing. There are sheep just out in the grass grazing and cows being lead down the street by a man.
Getting adapted to the altitude has been a bit difficult for some of us. The headaches tend to be pretty bad. Naturally we feel much more tired than we really should, but we are adapting; learning to take it easy is not always an easy lesson to learn.
Sunday we got up super, super early to head to Machu Picchu. After this day, we have traveled almost all forms of transportation: planes, trains, buses, and boats.
Machu Picchu is so truly amazing. It is so hard to believe that ancient cultures could do such amazing things with their architecture. The stair system is so amazing. There must have been some strong legs on those wonderful people climbing those stairs all the time. And the terrace system for farming is just amazing!
After spending a wonderful time on MP, we headed down the mountain to have lunch. The little town at the bottom is so quaint with the train tracks running right through the middle of town. As we ate lunch, the trains kept coming through town and blowing their whistles. Needless to say, at times conversation was difficult since the doors were wide open and the door was only about 15 feet from the tracks. We had a great local band that came in and played for us. They sang Happy Birthday to Emily. It will be a truly great memory for her.
The train ride back to Cusco was very relaxing. I´m not sure if anyone didn´t get a nap. Kind of hard to tell when my eyes were closed to;/
I can´t wait to see what God has in store for the next two days!!!
Anita
So good to hear how God is using and working through you. The coast sounds similiar to home, the north coast of Cali. It's so great how ya'll get to experience God in so many different ways. Thanks for posting and I know this will be among Em's favorite birthday's. Just wish I could have shared it with ya'll. Take care- Love Ya,
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