Our hostess Liz (an M.D. in Lima) is having to keep an eye on her brother-in-law Willy's blood pressure.....oh those stress inducing Pressmans!
Lucho Nakagawa (Liz's husband) and Eliana Abarca (Liz's sister). Eliana is the travel agent many of you will meet in Cusco. Lucho speaks English and has been our car expert....a marvelous help negotiating red tape.
Scott getting used to our new little notebook computer in our temporary office suite in the national offices of the Iglesia Metodista Evangelica Peru.Shhh....we are hiding from Lima. We have come to the quiet of our "suite" in the national offices of the Iglesia Metodista Evangelica Peru to get some work done and escape the large city noise and chaos for a few hours.
We have learned in just the past few days that everything you read about needing to pack flexibility and a sense of humor is absolutely positively true! To come into a new culture and to try to accomplish things like buying a used car, obtaining a longer term visa and opening a bank account are suddenly monumental tasks requiring days. All new rules and laws.....about which of course we knew nothing. For others coming to Peru for a year wanting to do similar things a word of warning: you DO need a carnet extranjeria, contrary to what you may hear before you arrive.
Our friends and the Methodist administrative staff are all patient and love to laugh....a huge help as we maneuver through the Peruvian system....and then we get to do it in Bolivia as well!
At least you're not in a hurry. Sorry we missed your call the other night. But you called past our bedtime. ;-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the blog. What a great way to stay connected and still hoping we can make it down next year. Any room for a nursing student who is fluent in Spanish to spend some time next summer?
ReplyDelete