In the words of my son,"We are in Pawoo!"
We have been in Peru for a few days now just getting adjusted to our new life but I thought I would share a little bit about the flight over here.
Well sometimes things work out well and other times they just don't, but either way we survived our flight to Peru. The first flight actually went really well. Caleb was completely fascinated by everything in the airplane. The stewardesses were completely fascinated with him as well giving him special treats and such. The pilot even offered him a "hot off the microwave" chocolate chip cookie and an airplane collectors card with some milk of course. Needless to say Caleb was in HEAVEN. Our little Miss Hannah did quite well on the first flight as well, as a matter of fact she even slept for about an hour. Little did we know however, that that would be the only hour all day until about 1:30 or 2:00am that night-or should I say morning. Which made for an EXTREMELY long second flight.
By the time we got in through immigrations the kids were SCREAMING. Which resulted in everyone looking at the crazy americans with the screaming children wandering through the airport. We got in and looked around and we could not find any of the bins we had shipped waiting in the baggage claim. I think the two of us experienced a few moments of panic realizing that everything we had was in those bins. We took a look around only to find them hiding in another part of the airport - I guess they had taken them off of the baggage claim round about. All of this, only to find out that there was NO ONE available to help us get all 8 bins, 1 suitcase, 1 backpack, 5 carryon items, and 2 car seats through customs. The kids were crying, I was crying, and then I think the people working at the airport felt sorry for us and decided to help us out - which apparently is not allowed (but they did get permission to help us I guess?). All this commotion seemed to rush us through the customs line, and we did not have to open anything or pay a cent! Praise the Lord!
We made it to the guest house thanks to a few friends in Lima. We were super grateful to have breakfast foods, towels, beds, and playpens for the kids when we got in. Thanks so much to everyone who made that happen.
We have been in Lima for a few days now and are trying to get our visa paper work figured out, which has been a little more challenging than we thought. Hopefully this will not hold us up in Lima as we are trying to fly to Arequipa as soon as possible - since I am so far along in my pregnancy. We have an appointment with Interpol on Monday. Pray this goes well and we can be on our way.
We are doing pretty well in our new home although we are anxious to get to Arequipa so we can truly begin to adjust to our new "home" - buying beds, kitchen stuff, and organizing the kids things. It has been difficult living out of our suitcases. The kids are doing okay with the adjustment but they are feeling a little stressed out - evident in their behavior and reaction towards what is going on around them. Hannah has developed some sort of rash as well - which John says is just a virus. Poor Caleb talks to everyone only to have no one understand/respond to what he is saying. This has been very frustrating for him. Caleb is trying to learn Spanish though, and we have noticed he always says "gracias" to the taxi drivers as we leave - too cute. So pray for them as they are having a bit of a tough time. While you are praying for the kids go ahead and pray for us too because this has been a little harder of a transition than we though it would be :) - and we just miss being home.
We are grateful that we have been able to find more of the "everyday stuff" than we thought would be available to. Although peanut butter will cost you an arm and a leg - a 6 oz jar will cost you $8.00. Whoa...someone want to send us peanut butter? :)
By the time we got in through immigrations the kids were SCREAMING. Which resulted in everyone looking at the crazy americans with the screaming children wandering through the airport. We got in and looked around and we could not find any of the bins we had shipped waiting in the baggage claim. I think the two of us experienced a few moments of panic realizing that everything we had was in those bins. We took a look around only to find them hiding in another part of the airport - I guess they had taken them off of the baggage claim round about. All of this, only to find out that there was NO ONE available to help us get all 8 bins, 1 suitcase, 1 backpack, 5 carryon items, and 2 car seats through customs. The kids were crying, I was crying, and then I think the people working at the airport felt sorry for us and decided to help us out - which apparently is not allowed (but they did get permission to help us I guess?). All this commotion seemed to rush us through the customs line, and we did not have to open anything or pay a cent! Praise the Lord!
We made it to the guest house thanks to a few friends in Lima. We were super grateful to have breakfast foods, towels, beds, and playpens for the kids when we got in. Thanks so much to everyone who made that happen.
We have been in Lima for a few days now and are trying to get our visa paper work figured out, which has been a little more challenging than we thought. Hopefully this will not hold us up in Lima as we are trying to fly to Arequipa as soon as possible - since I am so far along in my pregnancy. We have an appointment with Interpol on Monday. Pray this goes well and we can be on our way.
We are doing pretty well in our new home although we are anxious to get to Arequipa so we can truly begin to adjust to our new "home" - buying beds, kitchen stuff, and organizing the kids things. It has been difficult living out of our suitcases. The kids are doing okay with the adjustment but they are feeling a little stressed out - evident in their behavior and reaction towards what is going on around them. Hannah has developed some sort of rash as well - which John says is just a virus. Poor Caleb talks to everyone only to have no one understand/respond to what he is saying. This has been very frustrating for him. Caleb is trying to learn Spanish though, and we have noticed he always says "gracias" to the taxi drivers as we leave - too cute. So pray for them as they are having a bit of a tough time. While you are praying for the kids go ahead and pray for us too because this has been a little harder of a transition than we though it would be :) - and we just miss being home.
We are grateful that we have been able to find more of the "everyday stuff" than we thought would be available to. Although peanut butter will cost you an arm and a leg - a 6 oz jar will cost you $8.00. Whoa...someone want to send us peanut butter? :)
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