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Gene

Gene & Patty

Posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 Leave a Comment

Family, originally uploaded by katherinebruder.

This is the family that lives 24/7 with the 40-some boys at the Casa Girasoles Puerto Alegria home.

Gene is originally from Iquitos, but lived in Lima, where he met his wife, Patty, and found out about Scripture Union. They (with their children, Kanny, 9, and Josue, 5) have been living in Puerto Alegria for the past 4 years.

Posted in: Peru | Tagged: Gene, Girasoles, Iquitos, Peru, Puerto Alegria, Scripture Union

Luis

Posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 Leave a Comment

Luis, originally uploaded by katherinebruder.

Luis, 4, is one of the youngest and smallest boys at the Puerto Alegria home for abandoned boys. He has been living in Puerto Alegria for about 6 months and absolutely loves to dance. Anytime there is music on his is tapping his foot, moving his waist, or full out dancing like he did this night.

This video was taken while we were waiting for some of the older boys to do one of their choreographed dances.

(The house father, Gene, is standing in the background of the video).

Posted in: Peru | Tagged: Gene, Girasoles, Luis, Peru, Puerto Alegria, Scripture Union, video

Motorcycles everywhere!

Posted on Monday, July 13, 2009 Leave a Comment

Today I came into Iquitos with Gene, the house father of the Puerto Alegria home, to take a team from Pennsylvania back to the airport and to run some errands in the city.

Since Iquitos is located in the middle of the jungle, the most efficient and effective way to get things here is by plane. It is possible to drive only so far up and over the Andes before you have to take a boat up one of the hundreds of rivers around here to make it to the city. Because of this, almost everything here in the city has to be imported in via air, which adds cost to the product when it is sold.

Since a car is large cargo to transport, the main method of transportation for iquiteños (people from Iquitos) is via motorcycle. The streets are filled with people riding 2, 3 sometimes 4 people on one motorcycle (the 4 people usually include 2 little children on the laps of the 2 adult passengers). If you don’t have a motorcycle, others use mototaxis, which are motorcycles taxis that have a bench on the back for passengers.

Luckily for me, Gene has access to a motorcycle through Scripture Union that we got to ride around the city of Iquitos on. Like every other Peruvian, Gene drives erratically – darting in and out of traffic and around other motos – which was lots of fun on the back of the bike! He always tries to make things fun.

After we returned back to the place where he stores the bike in Iquitos, he showed me his wound from an accident he was in on his bike. Nevertheless, after I’ve been here a couple more weeks, I’m going to ask him to show me how to drive it!

Posted in: Peru | Tagged: Gene, Iquitos, motos, Peru, Puerto Alegria, Scripture Union
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When your uncle comes to visit, you wear your matc When your uncle comes to visit, you wear your matching shirts together (with a flashback to his last visit in January 2020) #littlewilliamnoah
Explored Arequipa, the white city, for the first t Explored Arequipa, the white city, for the first time all together and spent many hours outside under the blue sky. #littlewilliamnoah
The @monasteriodesantacatalina is one of my favori The @monasteriodesantacatalina is one of my favorite places in Peru. There is beauty around every corner and the colors, sillar streets and potted geraniums along the walls are just amazing. This trip we were able to visit as the sun was setting and see the former monastery in a new way. #littlewilliamnoah
Spent a few days outside under blue skies in the C Spent a few days outside under blue skies in the Colca Canyon #littlewilliamnoah
Just a small glimpse into what we did during July Just a small glimpse into what we did during July in 60 seconds #littlewilliamnoah
Celebrating Fiestas Patrias with dancing los capor Celebrating Fiestas Patrias with dancing los caporales 🇵🇪 #littlewilliamnoah
Ready to perform la danza de los caporales with hi Ready to perform la danza de los caporales with his classmates at @coloringdreamsperu to celebrate Fiestas Patrias 🇵🇪 #littlewilliamnoah
All of the people in these photos are now Peruvian All of the people in these photos are now Peruvian! When I first traveled to Peru in 2001 at 15 years old, I never expected that one day I would be a living here as a citizen. After 11 years of living in Lima, I have joined @wngreenman and @greenmanbilly with dual citizenship! 🇵🇪 🎉 🇵🇪 #littlewilliamnoah
We spent the morning with the llamas of @llamapack We spent the morning with the llamas of @llamapackproject and community partners from Cancha Cancha learning about how llamas are used for social development within local communities and to conserve and protect the environment in the Andes. #llamapackproject #littlewilliamnoah
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