Family in Lima!

I woke up to a message saying that my Very Most Favorite Aunt Katy and two of my cousins, Bert and Will, were going to be in Lima on a business trip for Bert and Will's new golf apparel line - Devereux.  They had meetings all weekend and wouldn't be able to leave Lima and come to Arequipa.  They were going to be so close I just HAD to see them... sooo I asked Momma (very kindly) if she would purchase a plane ticket so I could travel to Lima and spend the weekend with them.  She said, "Of course!" I know deep down though she was a little jealous her sister would get to see me before she did.  

It was a great weekend and some much needed family time.  Even better - I got to pretend like I knew what I was talking about regarding all things Peru.  I knew the most Spanish out of the group which was a weird change.  Usually I know the LEAST!  

I got to go to the meetings with them. SO INTERESTING! So much work goes on behind the scenes I never would have imagined.  When we had free time we went to a mall over the Pacific Ocean, ate at several very tasty restaurants, and walked around a park that is swarming with cats! No joke.  Arequipa is pretty different, so it was great to have the opportunity to see another side of Peru!   

To make the weekend even better the hotel where we stayed was only a short distance from the Anglican Cathedral of the Good Shepard.  On Sunday morning we got to go to their (English) service and I was able to meet some of the other SAMS' missionaries that I have heard so much about! I also got to see a couple of familiar faces of people I had met through Kym and through SAMS' bridger training.

I'm sure Guillermo, Beto, and Katherine (they changed their names for the weekend) thought the only thing I talked about was the kids back in Arequipa.  It's true.  I thought about them the entire weekend and found myself checking my watching thinking "I wonder what they are doing right now."  I missed them so much and I was only gone a couple of days!  Although I was sad to say goodbye to my family, it was good to get back home and back to loving on the kids.