Getting Acquainted with Iquitos

Belen Market - Iquitos, Peru

"Flew from Denver to Atlanta and then Atlanta to Lima, Peru on Friday.
Sabbath we toured Lima and saw lots of sites, churches, and catacombs.
Late Sabbath afternoon we flew from Lima to Iquitos.

This morning some of us went to the Belen Market. The smell was terrible with all the dead fish, piranhas, dead gutted turtles, turtle eggs, monkeys, birds.....you name it....they sell it. The have over 8,000 people selling everything. One of the locals hired by Centura Health took us to the market, but because it is so dangerous, we had two police escorting us through the narrow isles...

Tomorrow I go with the Village Team. We have 2 doctors and several nurses on this excursion. We see patients with medical needs, give out vitamins, school supplies, nail clippers, flip flops, ink pens, and all sorts of fun stuff. You all need to realize how blessed you are to live in the USA. These people are so poor that, when a person dies, they sell all of their clothes and shoes to anyone willing to buy them. There are tons of orphaned children that sleep on the river banks."

Sam & Carol Miller