Buckner SOS Peru trips radio reps, 1st lunch, etc

I was not the only radio station rep on the Buckner SOS Peru Mission Trip. When I got to the hotel late Sat. 3-17/early Sun. 3-18 and went up to my room I was eventually greeted by my roommate Liz. I had knocked on the door but got no answer. I was afraid that she was asleep or in the bathroom and didn't hear me. I was wondering where else I could sleep when she came walking up and gave me a hug. She'd been downstairs checking her e-mail. She just recently got engaged to a man who has the same name as my son--Joshua. But hers goes by "Shua". Cool, eh? Liz is a lovely and talented young lady.

Me and my roommate Liz Jordan of KSBJ Radio in Houston, TX. She's lovely, isn't she?

I met other team members the next day in the hotel as we organized all the items we all brought to give to the orphans and the Orphanage Directors. It took a while! We also met an essential part of our group--our Peruvian translators! Our mission would have been much harder without them.

Eventually we finished and loaded onto our lovely green and white bus and were off to have our 1st traditional Peruvian lunch.

We rode in this bus all over the Lima area during our trip.

Buckner Missions Coordinators Jouleen and Julie try to get our team to "number off" to make sure we are all on the bus. We were each assigned numbers (mine was 8) and had to say them in roll call fashion every time we got on the bus. I think we made it through without mistakes just once during the whole trip--and Jouleen didn't even get to see it! We did our devotions on the bus during most of the trip. We also got the scoop on the homes we visited, played our now beloved "Trip Participant Trivia", etc.

Two of my fave ?s:

"Which trip participant knows Matthew McConaughey?"

One Buckner staff member really has met him several times--and confirms, sadly I must say, that he does not believe in wearing deo.

"Which trip participant auditioned for 'The Bachelor'?" Hint-it was a tall young lady with naturally curly hair. :) She and her friend did it for a laugh. We couldn't let her live it down on the trip once we found out. I kept trying to find her handsome Peruvian bachelors for photo ops, etc. :)

Some views outside the bus window:

Big mountain of dry dirt KFC! With bike delivery! Photo shops (gates are common)

My first lunch in Lima was at El Bolivariano. It's a Peruvian Buffet restaurant.

My plate Anticucho (grilled beef heart) Me trying Anticucho

Brad Fisk, Director of Client Services for ShareMedia (center in blue shirt and glasses) and the Christian radio reps Left to Right Merryan from 89.7 Spirit FM Miami and her awesome husband Luis, Susan of KVTT "The Truth" Dallas, Liz of KSBJ Houston, Doug of WFRN Indiana, and me from WBFJ Winston-Salem/Greensboro during our first Peruvian lunch.

Here are the sites for Share Media and the radio stations represented on the Shoes For Orphans Souls mission trip in Peru:

www.sharemediaservices.com

www.897spiritfm.com

www.kvtt.org

www.ksbj.org

http://wfrn.com

www.wbfj.fm and www.stereo1550.com


Well, I have tons more pics but this is really taking a long time to do. I need to take a break. I'll blog more asap! Thanks for your patience!

Jennifer