New friends in Peru -- miscellaneous events

The end of the paper trail

We went to Lima June 20-22 to complete our final paperwork to get our "carnet" which is like our green card to make us legal residents of Peru. We took Kevin with us so he could see a bit of the metropolis of Lima. On Sunday afternoon, we spent time getting to know Shaw and Julie Mudge, also new SAMS missionaries, who will be teaching in the seminary in Lima. Interestingly, their 2 older daughters went to Wheaton with Kevin and played in orchestra with him when he was a freshman. Both Shaw and Julie were very involved with both Cursillo and Tres Dias in New York. We look forward to working with them in getting Cursillo started in Peru hopefully sometime next year. Bishop Godfrey has expressed strong support for establishing Cursillo here in Peru.

Shaw and Sandy enjoy some time after a special lunch.

Below are some additional pictures

from San Lucas school.

Profesora Shely lectures her 4th year class.

Note the whiteboard and students busily taking notes.

The dance teacher at San Lucas gives the kids a good workout.

They love to perform as a class.

Three girls from the 5th year class bring their collections
of plastic bottles for the high school's big recycling drive.

Several thousand bottles were collected then counted
by the high school students.

Padre Juan Carlos and Director (principal)Jorge
enjoy a light moment together.

Carola is a guidance counselor at San Lucas

and a seminary student.

You can tell she has a special bond with the kids.

Waldir is one of the guys at Sagrada Familia orphanage.

He is in first year of secondary and

is a leader in his class at San Lucas School.

Sandy has enjoyed helping him with his math.

Padre Salvador Mesones and his wife Denise.

They arrived in Arequipa the same time we did.

He is in charge of San Lucas Church near the school.

They recently moved to Peru from Puerto Rico.