Greetings to all! The team spent Monday morning doing some shopping for family and friends. There is nothing like turning a group of women loose in a ‘foreign market’. Most of them have been with Pure Joy on at least one occasion, therefore they have learned to ‘haggle’ on prices. The cool thing is that the store owners expect you to haggle with them.
Because of being exposed to this process overseas, last week during my garage sale for office stuff, books, knic -naks, etc., I decided to apply the tools I have learned over the years about haggling. I had a wall mirror and coffee table set that I had marked for $25. A lady came up to me and said, “Would you take twenty for that?” All ready to negotiate, I said, “I don’t really believe I could”. At that time she was supposed to reply, “How ‘bout $22 or $23?” But instead she looked at me and said, “Ok” and walked off.
My friend from Dallas who had come to hang out and help with the sale came up to me later and I told her what had happened. She said, “Why didn’t you take the $20?” I told her it was because I was trying to haggle with her. She looked at me dead pan serious and said, “It’s a garage sale! … Move the stuff!!” Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Sister, let me tell you that I moved it after that! You should have been there!
Back to Peru. We had lunch Monday at a restaurant close to where we were shopping. Our guide had never eaten there, but we decided to be totally authentic, so we ate there instead of McDonalds! Well, we had to eat safe so we all ordered chicken. Some ordered chicken kabobs…others ordered just chicken breast. The chicken breast and fries that came out first looked great. Imagine our surprise when our kabobs came out only to be the exact same thing, only on a stick with no vegetables on the kabob, just chicken and fries. It was pretty funny. You just had to be there.
In the afternoon we took a tour of Lima, by day…
ANCESTRAL LIMA: We started our tour with a panoramic view of the “Pucllana Pyramid” a magnificent ceremonial and archeological center built in the 4th century A.D. and considered a “Sacred Village” by the Incas. The Viceroyalty of Perú was the most important of the Spanish Empire and Lima was its capital.
COLONIAL LIMA: We visited the Historical Center of Lima, where we saw more than fifty monuments and Colonial edifications, such as the Paseo de la República, the San Martín Square, the Main Square, the Government Palace, the Archbishop’s Palace, the Cathedral Basilica, and the City Council Palace amongst others.
We visied the monumental SAN FRANCISCO CONVENT, which displays the largest collection of religious art in America. The highlight was visiting the underground vaults, known as “Catacumbas” or Catacombs.
CONTEMPORARY LIMA: We visited traditional residential areas of Lima, such as El Olivar of San Isidro, Miraflores and Larcomar.
The tour was good, but the team was really glad to be back at the hotel and rest some. We had a pizza supper and some really sweet prayer time for the retreat.
Tuesday we will spend our time putting order to all the things we brought from the states for the ladies. It will be organized chaos for most of the afternoon.
Pray for rest Tuesday morning for the team as they have a chance to sleep in a bit.
Pray for the speakers as we continue to prepare and look over messages.
Pray for the worship team as they come together in practice.
Pray for the missionary women as they are trying to make their home ready to leave.
Pray for several team members who have several serious issues going on at home with our own families. Pray that we will cling to our knowledge that God is in control. He gave us peace about being out of the country, knowing that these events would happen in our family’s lives.
Love you guys,
His,
Vickie
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