On Oct. 31, 2007 we traveled from Greensboro to Charlotte to Miami to Bogota to Lima. Cesar, Grace and Kyle greeted us in Jorge Chavez International Airport on Nov. 1 and so the adventure began. Has it only been a year? Here are some collected photos (mostly ones you've already seen, sorry) and highlights:

November (2007): moving into our host home, beginning language school, Thanksgiving with our fellow students

December: sewing and art classes (in Spanish), spending Christmas in the Puerto Supe sunshine

January (2008): hiking around Iguazu Falls in Argentina, a visit from my mom

February: left breathless (in more ways than one) overlooking Machu Picchu, getting a 1 lb toy poodle puppy

March: meeting all the other SAM Peru missionaries and attending the yearly field conference, seeing Latin American Holy Week festivities, attending our host brother’s wedding, going to the beach with our language school friends, exploring Lake Titicaca and its floating islands

April: seeing condors fly over Colca Canyon, getting a 3-week old mastiff puppy, moving from language school to Puerto Supe

May: exploring Puerto Supe, living with Sierra, girls retreat

June: finishing house remodeling, beginning first Alpha Course

July: first strawberries of the season, Alpha Retreat, a nutty goodbye party for Sierra

August: getting a new computer for Tim’s birthday, a visit from Phil (and Christal and Tori!)

September: a trip to Chile, beginning the 2nd Alpha Course, Comunidad Cristiana picnic

October: celebrating our 5 year anniversary, learning to lead in the Cubas’s absence, seminary students coming from Lima to preach