CCS Logo on back sliding doors.
Our group that rebuilt the house in Villa El Salvador.
When I left the house for the trip.
Surco was our neighborhood.
out the door of the ccs compound in surco.
in the front door of the ccs compound in surco.
Tucker finishing our first night's rest. Note: bunkbeds. We had 22 in the CCS house representing 3 generations.
Our bathroom. Not exactly a relaxing hot shower daily.
1/2 of our our group.
other 1/2 of our group.
meghan, nicole, anna and tucker from salesforce.com.
the gym near our home base.
The internet cafe near home.
Tucker and I near central lima
The municipality we volunteered in. Villa El Salvador. 380,000 residents. Most without roofs.
the villa el salvador cemetary.
Villa el salvador- common street. note pollution. 5000 worse than air quality in USA.
Villa el salvador.
Villa el salvador- Home of a woman we worked a lot with.
Cool tatoo design for my daughter, maya??? :)
Another lady we worked with. likes dancing. does not like beards.
Another lady we worked with. Has a little shop not far from Martincitos- the senior center we volunteered in.
martincitos, home of the abuelitos. the facility we donated our time to.
One of my favorite Abuelita's. Such a vibrant spirit. Wicked soccer player, also.
My favorite abuelito. We whipped him into shape with the therabands.
Julieta (I think). she works at martincitos and knitted me a cool sweater.
two amazing abuelitas. the one on the right said my singing during lunch was from god and was her favorite singing ever.
Same shot as before, but including Michelle (volunteer from new york city).
My favorite abuelito and his wife.
abuelitos at morning program
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morining exercise. hokey pokey and "if your happy and you know it"...also "chicken dance"
sister jackie. the engine of martincitos
laverne (volunteer bud) helping martincito's little one.
amazing. she has TB and is mostly blind, but won the coin toss game every time. no one could believe we had such sun this day.
abuelita.
anna and her husband.
chris and meghan making clay
kique overviewing martincitos first morning
michelle, nicole, and linda at martincito after serving grub in am.
meghan checking out parrots that paid a visit.
orientation with sister jackie
tucker on the paint mission
meghan on a painting break
miguel. local volunteer. works cruiselines as a witer most days per week.
a favorite abuelita
kitchen of martincitos. under construction
ophelia from lithonia, ex ibm turned pastor looking beautiful and at peace in front of the cross.
a working crew on the pain. Note I'm holding a hammer...really, bryan?
ophelia hard at work mopping first morning. note sweatshirt tied to a stick for a mop.
The house destroyed by earthquake. note: this is after we demoslished the roof on the right side. the roof extended from left before we tore it down.
we decide to transport bricks from a dangerous sand dune in the back of the lot to build a wall.
The wall was going to be 3 or 4 four feet tall.
up goes the wall. well above the 5 feet we estimated.
but....it ended up being 2 feet wide, 12 feet long and 8 feet tall!!!!
Now flush with the other side of the house - 8 feet tall.
framed in the walls and roof.
shot from living room 75% of the way through project.
put new roofing material on the frame.
Abuelito checking out her new kitchen.
happy residents. not know to smile big in pictures...even if in love with progress we were making.
traffic near our home base.
coast 2 buck cab ride from our home base.
bar we loved from bluff. rosa nautica.
rosa nautica
local resident
inside favorite bar - rosa nautica
landscape down from parque kennedy (mira flores).
landscape down from parque kennedy.
parque amor with paragilder.
parque amor with paraglider
meghan and mia at parque amor.
view from rosa nautica
van trip full of andrea, sarah, nicole, viria and meghan.
elizabeth in van (with bunny ears). note: elizabeth's dad is just a few months my elder...yikes!!! :)
piku in via el salvador. made me a bit homesick.
cemetary above villa el salvador.
under san francisco monestary. lauren and michelle featured.
view from central lima area.
A fountain in central lima. it symbolizes fertility. lions are humping dragons.
tucker and i in central lima.
cool wood work.
bones at san fran monestary.
meghan avoiding pigeons.
lion humping dragon.
bus trips were exhausty, but great.
kids at play at indian market.
2 large beers in.
meghan and tucker at japanese place
meghan tossed her hat at the camers.
beans
orange machine in vip lounge at lima airport.
new pants and sweater. in cab in Atlanta heading to o bar.
