Category: Ecuador/Peru

When we see the kids from the streets here, they are just like the kids we met in India, or the kids we met in South Africa and Kenya.  Every face that i look at feels familiar for some reason.  As if they are already known to me.  I cant speak their language yet the love in their hearts and the love in my heart is the same.  We are all known to each other.

There are many good people that we are meeting here.  They work with determination, with faith, and with unconditional love for the people.  We heard a Christian Pastor speak about his life and his inspiration today.  If I would have closed my eyes I would have felt as if I was back home at Manav Sadhna in India, listening to Virenbhai, Jayeshbhai and Anarbhen speak about what they do there.

There is love everywhere and goodness pervades through every soul on this earth.  We are fortunate to be surrounded by people and opportunities that help bring that out in every moment.

We have arrived in Cusco the gateway to the Andes.  it is definitely the most foreign city that i have travelled to, where business men in cell phones pass by Quechua women in traditional dress selling their wares on the street.  The altitude has gotten to some of the folks in our group but so far I am doing okay.  As you can see the Internet is ubiquitos now, 10000 feet up in the Andes.  The Internet cafes are jam packed with young kids jamming with headphones on probably downloading tunes to their Ipods.  We visited a church and a museum today where a local university student narrated a tour for us.  We learned all about the ancient cultures (pre-Incan) that inhabited this area.  This gives us a great knowledge base in preparation for our trip to Machu Picchu on Thursday.  A couple of us hand a wonderful meal for luch today that would have cost 25-30 dollars a plate in the states and was around 12 dollars here.   The presentation was so phenomenal that we took pictures of the food!  Others waiting to blog so I will sign off for now.  Much love to family and friends (Zoe and Mr Big too!)