The Mirador Congregation had organised one of its regular Andes witnessing trips and we were looking forward to joining in with our very limited little Spanish presentations.
Some of the sisters shivering in the cool of the early morning. It's mid winter in Peru. From our brief experience in Cusco, a typical day goes something like this. Very cold overnight, down to zero. Cold mornings until around 10 am when the sun burns the cold away and the morning becomes warm and comfortable. Then the sun gets hotter and hotter until you need to remove several layers. And then as evening sets in the temperature drops fairly fast and the night is cold again.
Beautiful snow capped Andes in the distance.
The group begins on the side of the road at the territory for the day.
And it continued to grow until ther were close to 40 out in service.
And we were off into the surrounding countryside on foot.
Almost all of the local people were willing to stop and talk and appreciated hearing the good news straight from the scriptures. This elderly lady was listening and commenting although she preferred to have minimum eye contact. A typical local Quechua trait it seemed.
Most if not all homes and structures are constructed of adobe (mud brick) with Spanish tile roves.
There is plenty of clean fresh air.
Plenty of exercise along the way.
This older gentlemen was caring for his cattle but came across to talk with us.
My partner Angel, was able to share the paradise earth hope with him straight from the Bible.
Angel described the area we were in as the Switzerland of Peru and it wasn't hard to see what he meant.
Humble dwellings for humble people. And Australians are reminded of home by the groves of eucalyptus trees that can be seen in many parts here.
Alexandra got to share a Quechua Caleb and Sophia video with these children.
These are our new Swedish friends, Andreas and Jasmin who have been in the Spanish field in Sweden for eight years and in Cusco for one month.
Field service in the true sense of the expression.
With most of the territory complete we all gathered for lunch and conversation.
This was my partner for the morning. We had a great time and plenty of laughs despite his limited English and my minimal baby Spanish. Thank you Angel. It was great.
The group shot.
A most enjoyable day.
Lloydnalex in Peru
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