Sharne Webley-Roberts wites:
It has been 16 hours since I said goodbye to my family in New York. I managed to not cry at the sight of them leaving. Which is a good sign for me. Once we checked in our luggage and, successfully, passed through security bag check, we had 4 hours to kill before our departure flight arrived. I spent that time mostly reading, since I LOVE to read. When our departure flight finally arrived and we were seated, I had a feeling I was going to be very annoyed during this flight. Why you may ask? Well that was because a little kid was sitting in the seat behind me and he repeatedly kicked the back of my chair. With that being said, my flight experience was not the best, however, I did sleep like a baby. Once we landed in Lima, Peru we had a mini church service to keep in mind all the people who are praying for us and cheering us on from the side lines while we go on this journey to spread God’s word and love. As I am writing this, we are waiting for our departure flight to Santa Cruz. Overall, the journey so far has been a tiring, yet fulfilling experience and I can’t wait till we reach Bolivia.
Sunday February 14,2016
Anthony Vicari writes:
Wow what a day!!!! Oh wait it has only been 15 hours. We started right by a Mucus Man set up at JFK, what a sight. Emotions were flying and everyone was scared, nervous, and happy. Once we left our immediate families, we all became looser and more talkative. We made our way through customs, and just my luck, I get randomly selected and they search my bag. Of course they find nothing, but I was very suspicious because I was laughing, which didn’t help. Once the nice customs lady gave me my bag back, I went to the restrooms, I drank a full liter of water before customs. We then went down to the terminal where Chris (our chaperon) told us that we have around 3 hours to do whatever we want, I was sooooo hungry by then and I was happy that we have 3 hours to hang around. We had only met each other 2 times before and so it was a great time to get to know everyone more in depth. We spent all 3 hours sitting around at a pizzeria. We talked about everything, our schools, politics, Trump and tons more. Then we finally got to board our first flight. I was very nervous, but I was next to Katie and Mackenzie so I was calm. The flight was good except for the really bumpy start, a hard landing and only two hours of sleep during an 8 hours flight. Finally we made it to Peru.
All airports are rip-offs, but in Peru I bought a cup of coffee at one of the vendors for 4 US dollars. That is already extremely pricy. The best part is that the coffee is the size of my palm. I got very dehydrated from the coffee too. Since I didn’t learn my lesson the first time, I bought 2 liters of water to drink. I downed one and half liters in less than an hour. It’s finally time to board our next plane. I had an elderly lady and her daughter next to me and I went to the bathroom about 3 times in an hour span. We also were handed these forms to get into Bolivia. These forms made absolutely no sense. Reverend Ewoodzie and Jill saved me and helped me through the forms. It started to rain now and our flight is delayed, hopefully we get going soon.
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