Sunday after breakfast we headed out in to Miraflores (A district in Lima, Peru). Our goal was to visit the ruins, but we were distracted by Kennedy Plaza. It's a beautiful park with numerous vendors. Gayle and Chris were in love with the artwork. A 9x15 (ish) water color painting only cost about $6 US dollars. Even at that price Chris couldnt resist haggling, and we paid around $4.

Around 1pm, Father Chris picked us up and took us to the fire station. Everyone was so friendly. It's a volunteer fire station with around 80 volunteers. While we were there they were called out for a car accident, so we got to see a little action. Afterwards, we toured Chorillos (another district), and Fr. Chris drove us to the top of a huge hill with an impressive view. A boy named Carlos, who spoke perfect English greeted us and we got to talk for a bit.

We went to dinner at Dennis's house. Dennis has 5 children. Maria(8), Pablo (2), Santiago (1), Magdelena (4), Clara (5). His wife Patricia served us chicken, rice, potatoes, and corn. The corn here is very large. It still tastes the same though.

After dinner, Joel drove us home because Fr Chris had to say mass. Gayle, Roger, Chris, and myself took a taxi to "The Park of the Magical Water Circuit." It was 12 soles to get there. The fountains were really cool. We got lost because we didnt see a hidden tunnel and accidentally exited the park. We tried to get back in, but with our inability to speak Spanish, everyone was confused. Eventually, they just let us back in to get rid of us. The ride home cost 16 soles, and that was after I saved us $1.30.

Today we left the hotel at 8am. Chris and I were busy today. We did paperwork, and tried to keep things moving nicely. I hate to admit it, but today was rather chaotic. I would have assumed after thirty something missions occurring here, things would have flowed more smoothly. There seemed to be some disagreements about who was in charge. Also, people who didnt know how to do certain stations, would make demands and requests of that station, not fully understanding the duties. It wasnt fun and was quite frustrating. I still have to document 100 more charts because they became all mixed up.

After the mission, we headed to dinner at Panchita. It was a fancy restaurant, that was highly hyped by others in our group. It was good. Chris's meal wasn't very appetizing, but mine was acceptable. We checked out a couple markets along the way home, and now we are just relaxing, preparing for another chaotic (hopefully less frustrating) day.

Gayle and Roger's luggage still hasnt arrived. I feel terrible for them. They arent even getting any answers. They bought some new clothes today. Thankfully, things are cheaper down here and they didnt have to spend too much.

One side note: Before coming down we were told there would be money changers practically on every corner. As of right now, Gayle, Roger, Chris and I havent seen one while walking.