Welcome to Arequipa!

Arequipa's airport

We have arrived safely in our final destination. The travels went smoothly with some very big blessings along the way. Our flight from Miami to Lima took off pretty late, landing us in Peru only 45 minutes before our connecting flight to Arequipa was to take off. We were blessed that our bags were already off of the conveyor belt after going through immigration. Then Sharaya got the red light to be randomly searched, but the customs officer did not see it and she walked through safely. Then we only had 30 minutes to check-in with our new airline and re-check our bags. Luckily we had a very gracious check-in lady that ran us through the airport and to our gate with 10 minutes to spare. She was definitely a God send.

Our accomodations are beautiful! The three of us are sharing a room with our own bathrooms and comfortable beds. Although Sharaya did not get the memo that we had to bring towels, so she will need to drip dry for the 2 weeks!! The lovely live-in help cooked the three of us breakfast, homemade bread and scrambled eggs, which was delicious. Later today we will be setting up the clinic because tomorrow is Arequipa's foundation day. Therefore tomorrow after church we get to watch an original Peru parade, which we are very excited for. Clinic work starts Monday, but customs has still not released our supplies that have been sitting in the port for 3 months now. Please pray that we will get them ASAP! Right now it looks like Wednesday may be the day for the release, so for a few days we will be using the equipment that has been left over from last year. But we will still treat as many patients as possible. Thank you for your support!