Day 1: Peru, here we come!!

Today we start on our next summer adventure:  heading back to Peru to volunteer at Voices4Peru! This is our 3rd summer of volunteering outside of Lima in the community of Las Lomas.  We have 3 groups going again this summer, and this first group has 5 students, a mom, and a Senorita!  :)  Earlier this Spring, we packed up a whole bunch of suitcases full of donations, so each group has their suitcases to bring.
We met at the HS at 2:30am to meet our ACT II shuttle and off to Ohare we went!  Flights were suuuuper cheap out of O'Hare, so off we went!  Checked in, chilled in the food court, and boarded our flight.  Our connections Chicago - Panama City, Panama - Lima.  Easy connections, good flights, on-time arrivals!  We cleared customs and were greeted by half of Lima, cheering, lighting fires, signs, etc....  A bit overwhelming for the Gringos.  But, come to find out, the Peru National Soccer team was set to arrive after us...and as Peru hadn't been in the World Cup in 35 yrs, it was a big deal.  Even as we left the airport, people were lining the streets waiting for the team to arrive... craziness!!
Daniel & his staff from V4P met us (amongst the chaos) and off we went to our townhouse.  Had a nice pizza dinner, got to meet the staff, check out our townhouse, and good-night to us!  Excited for more adventures tomorrow!!