One Week to Peru!

Peeps, I leave for my missions trip a week from tomorrow. As Matthew mentioned, I'll be gone for two weeks to Lima, Peru with Brio magazine. I haven't been on a missions trip since my senior year of high school, and during that one I spent lots of time hand-mixing cement, helping with VBS and drinking Mexican soda. This trip will look a lot different than my last one, but I'm pretty sure it'll be awesome. Here's why:

1. More than 500 of us are going -- lots of teen girls and guys and some of us adult leaders. I get to help lead a team with my friend, Ashley, so that should be great. Also, I'll get to meet lots of great students -- I'm hoping they can teach me what's cool and how to tell the Jonas Brothers apart.

2. Drama, drama, drama. The students will be performing dramas in the streets, which will attract lots of Peruvian children who will hopefully want to be our friends.

3. Español, people! I majored in Spanish in college and haven't practiced since. I pretty much only remember the words, "hola," "no," and "vaca." This will be an awesome opportunity para practicar la idioma.

4. Putting faith into action -- we'll be doing work projects and serving the Peruvians while we're there. We'll spend time simply washing children's hair and combing out the tangles. It sounds simple, but I think it will be profound. I spend a lot of time writing articles about how our faith is demonstrated by what we do. I figure it's time to quit blabbing and start doing.

Anyway, I'm excited for the trip; it should be pretty cool. Maybe I should brush up on my Spanish this next week...