A Beginning

As July reaches us, I have decided to send out an invitation and welcome to friends, family, and all who are curious to what I hope to be my regularly updated blog on my life in Lima, Peru.  A month from Monday, I will make the trek up to Milwaukee for a 2 1/2 week orientation and the beginning of my 1 1/2 year commitment to Cap Corps.  Throughout my time in the program I will be volunteering at Ciudad de los Niños, an orphanage/boarding school for boys age 3-18 in San Juan de Miraflores, an area to the south of Lima.  At this point I am not entirely sure of what I will be doing, apart from the high probability of working with the older kids at ciudad, but I have no doubt that it will be a challenging and rewarding experience that will test me in many ways.  Through this blog I hope to not only recount interesting, important, or fascinating stories, but also convey what I am learning, feeling, and even struggling with.  My hope is that I will become more knowledgeable about Peru and the factors that bring the boys to Ciudad, more faithful to God, and more connected to the people of Peru and the people I love around the World.  

Although I am still doubting that I will be in Peru in a month and a half, I am equally excited and nervous for the journey to begin.  It will be a culmination to a period of great thought and discernment as well as a beginning to something I obviously cannot explain yet.  But I hope people will stay with me and come to see what this year and a half will bring.  

paz.  

Michael