LOVE EXTREME 2 IN CUSCO

For Love Extreme 2 I was in Cusco while the rest of the group was here in Arequipa doing visits and consolidation. I was so excited to have my family here during Love and to be able to spend a ton of time with them as well. We were all here for the big event and then after that my family, my partner and me, along with the other short termers, to Cusco.
Even though I was so excited that my family was here I was really upset that it was just my partner and I that were going to Cusco. I knew I was going to miss them but I didn’t know how much I really was going to miss them. I have gotten so close with the people in our group and they really feel like family.
When we were in Cusco we did kids festivals, medical clinics, and other impact events. When I look back on Love 2 the verse that I think of is Romas 8:28 – “and we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him who have been called according to his purpose.” There were a lot of things that went wrong but there were also some very powerful things as well.
Some of the things that we did was go to a all woman's jail. We have little manicure and pedicures and one of the ladies gave a very powerful testimony that really spoke to the ladies in the jail. Most of the women in the jail were in there for drug trafficking, or some type of abuse that they have received and they retaliated. We asked if any of them would like to accept Jesus into their hearts and every single one of the ladies stood up. We then handed out bibles and little self care kits as well. One of the ladies approached me and she was from South Africa and spoke english as well, asked me if when we moved to Cusco if we would come back and do a bible study with them. We also made another visit to the young women home another time and did quite a few medical clinics as well.
Then there was time to be touristy as well. We were able to explore the plazas, and even visit Machu Picchu!!

I had a wonderful time with my family and with all the short termers as well, it was 2 weeks that i will never forget. God is amazing and doing amazing things here, but we will never know or could even fathom the plans that he has for Peru.