Michelle Comes!

After hours of flying, sleeping, and waiting, Michelle arrived in the humid jungle of Peru. It was actually easy to see her because she was loaded with bags and standing at the same height or taller than everyone else –not too shabby for someone a little under- 5 ft. We were elated to see her (and not just because she brought awesome American candy and food…). She is the first person to come and visit us specifically. It feels wonderful to have a friend (although she is really more like family) come down.

We have been talking her up for the last few weeks, so the girls were equally as excited to see her –Kelly was excited because it is another person from Colorado. She has been helping out around the house, practicing Spanish and Portuguese with the girls, and having a blast. She also has been dominating the soccer field –I think that she has knocked down more people and scored more goals than I have. She has been in Iquitos for two weeks (the traffic was not near as big of a shock as we had hoped –she said it is not all the different from California drivers…), and now we will be traveling with her to visit Lima, Arequipa and Cuzco. Hopefully we will not freeze…