I’m Back in Peru!

As you probably guessed from the title, I have in fact returned to Callao, Peru. I graduated from the University of Dayton this past December and decided to serve as a volunteer for a little while following my graduation. That decision eventually led me back to Peru and the Instituto Chaminade Marianistas. I will again be working at the school and helping out in the area of technical support. I will also be working on some larger projects along the way, which should keep me very busy. I will be in Peru until the start of August, about 7 months total, which should be very interesting since I’ve never been away from my family or outside the United States for that length of time.

I am again living with the same host family that I lived with during my ETHOS trip in the summer of 2008, which has made the transition to life in Peru much easier. So far, things have been going well. Today was my first day back working in the school, so we are in the process of deciding what tasks I will be working on while I am here. The biggest change for me has been the weather. Since Peru is located south of the equator, it is currently summer here. It was quite a change going from 20-degree temperatures and snow to 70-degree temperatures and high humidity, but I can’t say that I miss the cold!

I hope to update this blog more often than I did last summer. I’ll try to keep the posts fairly short since I usually don’t have a lot of time to just sit down and type. I updated the photo gallery with pictures from my trip to Peru last summer. I’ll be sure to post new pictures occasionally. That’s all for now. Ciao!