Peru: Sacred Valley Service & Education, 2026
June 28, 2026
Hola familias,
Our first day went great! We started the day off with a delicious buffet of fruits and breads, then got a bus to the airport. After arriving at the airport we proceeded to our plane which took us to Cusco. We took a bus to the majestic and beautiful city center “plaza de armas” to eat some traditional peruivian food which consisted of ‘causa’ which is a dish of mashed potato stuffed with avocado then we had our main courses of a variety of meats. After eating we walked around the plaza and exchanged our money for soles then headed back to the bus. Heading up to our next spot we took in the amazing views of Cusco and the mountains around. We later arrived at an alpaca farm where we got to pet and see llamas and alpacas. Later during our visit, we got to see the differences between real alpaca wool and synthetic ones and look around the shop at the farm. Once we finished looking around the shop, we passed through the farm once more and got to see a pen full of guinea pigs. We then got back on the bus and took a dark but scenic ride to the town of Calca and arrived at our hotel for the night. We ate dinner as a group then had our nightly meeting to discuss our plan for tomorrow. The groups highlights for the day were getting to pet the alpacas at the farm and our delicious lunch at the plaza. We had a great start to our trip and are looking forward to the rest of our trip!
By Struan and Rhett
June 29, 2026
Hola papis y mamis!💪🏾😉🥵 Today we woke up crack of dawn LOL. We tumbled out of bed and made our way down to our delicious breakfast where we filled our bellies 🫃🏾with delicious fruits, eggs, bread, and coca tea. After breakfast we got ready and played some icebreaker name games to get to know our group better. Shoutout Tejas dominated the game, he’s the GOAT. Our next activity was taking over the town of Calca and meeting lovely locals. We split into groups and had a variety of places to see and tasks to complete. We went to the local market and got exotic fruits to fill our bellies even more🫃🏾. After getting familiar with the town of Calca and meeting some of the host families, we stumbled into the BIG bus🤪. We traveled 🚀 into the town of Pisac and ate some salivating empanadas. The flavors melted on our tongues. Then we shopped with the host families until we all dropped. (LITERALLY 🤪). Then we transported back to the hotel 🛏️ where we all hung out and played silly goober games.
Despues, we walked 15 miles to dinner 😫😩 where we sang Tejas happy birthday🫡🤪. After we trekked back we all snuggled up on the couches and talked about our awesome day. We went over the plans for tomorrow. We are actually so beyond blessed and excited to serve the local communities tomorrow!! 🎶 Here we are writing this blog to you, we hope all your dreams come true, because we will forever love you🎶 We miss you guys so much but I’m sure we are having more fun then you😉 #strawberry #happybdaytejas #cannotwaitformybirthday GOODNIGHT signing out✌🏾
☮️- CARLA and OLIVE💕💕💖💖💕🥶🥶🥶
