Greetings:

I heard it was 107 in Nashville.  Here I have on long pants and a long sleeve shirt over my short sleeve shirt because the north wind is making it quite chilly.  Overall the weather has been great.  It gets quite windy every afternoon for some reason.

Parents:  You can be very proud of your children.  We have the most cooperative bunch of students here.  They have been flexible, supportive of each other, hard working, into each program that they have attended, and taken their responsibilities very seriously.  They have done a fantastic job on the improving the school.  They have used their talents to bless others.  They have laughed together and gotten along so well.  There is not a "bad apple" in the bunch.  Thank you for sharing them with us.

I felt like a real Peruvian today.  When we broke from the school to return to our homes for lunch, my family was in the field picking squash.  Squash here is the shape and texture of a pumpkin.  The father (he's been at his job out of town up until now) was here as well as their two sons from Cusco, daughters-in-laws, and a couple of other workers.  I got to work side by side with them.  They would cut the squash from the stem and put two or three in a large bag to be carried up to the house.  I assume someone is going to come by and take them to market.  They laughed at me at first because I didn't have the technique down to carry the bags on my shoulders instead of my lower back.  I finally got it on the 4th or 5th bag and I told them in english, "I've got it!".  They didn't understand a word I said just as I don't understand any thing from them, but it was a great experience.

Happy Anniversary to Kathy tomorrow.  Thank you for putting up with me for 19 years.  I miss you and the kids very much.

See everyone on Saturday.

Greg Eubanks

So yesterday was Day 9 and it started off at Peruvian Shores, the hot springs we went to after our nine hour hike. We had pancakes with caramel drizzle for breakfast and they were really good. After that, we packed up our tents and all of our overnight clothes and got onto the bus that was going to take us to Ollanta. The ride was three hours long but we got sack lunches that had hard boiled eggs in them. The egg smell might have been what had made almost everyone feel carsick. Once we arrived in Ollanta, we had time to relax before our next activity, and so everyone sat in the shade and had gelato. Our activity was at Kennedy's office in Ollanta and we had to split ourselves up into three groups, the Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries. In groups we had to sort through and organize ten cards that addressed different world wide issues that need to be solved, such as hunger, sanitations, economics problems, women's rights, etc. Each group had different ideas about what global issue was more important but as a whole we decided that Happiness would be the by-product when or if these issues were fixed.

 Right after that we went to dinner Puka Rumi for the second time on the trip and had "make your own burritos," which were delicious. We then played 20 Questions about people in the Ensworth community on the way back home to Piscacucho. Once in Piscacucho and after Sarah, Alex, Henry, and I had successfully finished our long trek back to our homestays, Sarah and I helped teach our dad and sister English before going to bed early.

Gil Green