Inside Lima

Recently there have been several large public demonstrations near the Archives. The result, lots of police activity.

Lunch

Peruvian markets are a little different from US markets. Not only do they look different, but they smell different, 

Fruits and Vegetables 

More Chickens, Ducks, Geese, and Turkeys.  And they are not plastic. And the same ones will be hanging there tomorrow.  

 Every busy intersection has its performers. When the lights turn red people jump into action. This elderly lady is blessing cars by sweeping a palm branch over the hood. She then attempts to collect a fee.  The light turned green before Kris caught her in action.

 In case you are looking at this Blog and thinking, "when do these missionaries work?"  The 45+ books on the floor represent four days of work and over 10, 000 photographs. Each morning we are on the bus at 6:10 am, work from 7:00 am until 2:45 pm with little or no rest, and then ride a bus for another hour and 20 minutes home. Adding to this weeks (9-27-12) work at the Archives, during the weekend we will travel 8 hours and help with multi Stake Family History Workshops.   However, the 5/8 mile walk from the Archives to the bus stop and the bus rides are a cultural treat. We eat in places you would not enter and know many street vendors by name.  And this weekend we will be on the East side of the Andes helping members with Family History.

 The gray concrete building in the background is the National Archives. Because of the long red light, (over 2 minutes) this intersection is very popular for street performers.  These street jugglers, started juggle their bowling pins and advanced to keeping the red ball in the air while tossing their pins to each other. The last 30 seconds, of red they attempt to collect donations from 20 to 30 stopped vehicle. On green, the cars wiz off while the jugglers stand between passing vehicles.