Everyone is in purple today. Purple robes with white sashes, purple ties with suitcoats, purple dresses, purple baloons. If it can be worn, someone is wearing it in purple today. And it seems all 3 million residents of Lima, the capital of Peru, are out here filling the squares and parading in the streets. The festival of the God of the Earthquake runs through October. Two of Peru's davastating historical earthquakes have happened in October. After one, a house with a particular representation of Christ, stood firm while the others around it crumbled. So that representation of Christ is now displayed as a thanks and a prayer for continuing safety from earthquakes. Families come out, grandfather and grandson alike arrayed in purple robes with white sashes; neighborhood groups come out; even pets are dressed in purple.
Feliz Sabado! It's Sabado/Sabbath in Latin America (Saturday in the US) and our day of recovery from a 20 hour air journey from Denver to Lima. So we take time to view the processions and visit the Cathedral of San Francisco.
Tonight we fly over the Andes mountains, down to Iquitos and our mission destination in the Amazon basin, Clinica Ana Stahl. Still shlepping our 49.5 pound equipment bags in addition to personal luggage, we are tired but full of anticipation for the opportunity ahead.
Blessings and Benvenidos from the Porter South Campus in Peru.
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