Thursday is home visit day

Hola!  It's Thursday and that means it's home visit days.  We went to a woman home today (Zoila) who lives in Villa El Salvador and raises guinea pigs (the local delicacy). She's quite proud of them and was more than willing to share her story on raising them.  The living conditions where she is a pieced together half sheet metal/half random pieces of wood shack in the extreme poverty area of Villa.  When she shows up at Los Martincitos (where we're based), she's really happy, with a hug and kiss ready to give you and an unforgettable smile.  So to see where she really comes from is eye-opening. Yesterday was spent at Los Martincitos, mainly helping out with the "Celebration of the Senior Citizen".  They had speakers come in as well as a traditional dancer and we all had mucho fun!  We also learned how to not spill the soup while serving it to the people there or most of us did anyway.  We even had time last night to go out for a little while in a section of Lima called Miraflores.  I'll post pictures later, but it's off to Spanish class!  Until next time...Cheers, Mike