Going to BRAZIL

Just wanted to announce that fellow Peru YAV Sean Kerr and I will be representing the Presbyterian Church USA at a conference for youth/young adults hosted by the Alianza de Iglesias Presbiterianas y Reformadas de America Latina (Alliance of Presbyterian and Reformed Churches of Latin America). The conference title is Acciones Juveniles para la Vida en Abundancia (more or less translates to Young Adults Acting for Abundant Life) and it will be held NEXT WEEK from March 19 to March 22 in Iguassu Falls, Brazil. We received first notice about the opportunity to participate in the conference from an email that was sent the day the group left for our beach retreat in Mancora/Los Organos, but since there was no internet access on the retreat, we didn't know about the email until we got back to Lima last Friday afternoon. So in the few days since then, we've been running around town (Sean and I, plus Debbie, our site coordinator) getting all of our documents in order, plane tickets purchased, visa applications done etc (Brazil has VERY strict requirements for giving visas to US citizens). But now everything is pretty much taken care of, and I'll be picking up our visas this afternoon (assuming there weren't any problems in processing them). Also, for those of you who are unfamiliar with Brazilian geography and/or famous waterfalls (like I am) the waterfalls that give Igaussu Falls its name are some of the largest and most spectacular in the world. I'll take lots of pictures, and will be sure to give a full report.