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Helen's Andean Adventure: June 2005
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Thursday, June 30, 2005. Looking back one week. There are abut 80 Russians here in La Paz, who are mostly wives of the Bolivian men who studied in Russia or some other part of the former Soviet Union.The best thing is.next week Im going to the tropics near Cochabamba to visit some of the areas where Project Concern works.I can hardly wait.and it will be warm! Posted by HM @ 10:05 AM. Monday, June 27, 2005. First day of work. Posted by HM @ 10:55 AM. Thursday, June 23, 2005. Posted by HM @ 11:46 AM.
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Helen's Andean Adventure: September 2005
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Saturday, September 03, 2005. Things I learned while in Bolivia:. 1) tons of Bolivian slang (including some Aymara and Quechua words). 2) what real development is all about (change of beliefs and traditions) and how hard the real development work is. 3) how awesome fruit and vegetables grown without chemicals can taste. 4) that I absolutely love steak. 5) how to tell apart llama, alpaca, and vicuna. 6) that there are Russians in every corner of this planet. 7) how to survive in a fairly cold climate.
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Helen's Andean Adventure: August 2005
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Monday, August 22, 2005. Trip to Peru (contd). Travelling the Latin American style (Monday):. In about 2.5 hours we reached the Peruvian-Bolivian border, went through both checkpoints, and once on the Bolivian side, in Desaguadero, climbed into a Toyota minivan that took us on a two-hour trip back to La Paz (as you can guess, our travelling conditions got worse and worse with each leg of the journey). Posted by HM @ 11:00 PM. Trip to Peru (contd). We were also lucky to see some more of my beloved llamas ...
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Helen's Andean Adventure: July 2005
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Sunday, July 31, 2005. Entrada Universitaria (Celebration of the beginning of the new semester). Posted by HM @ 8:55 PM. The picture below is of me and Jen Wahl, a girl from my care group (Bible-study)at Covenant Life, by the waterfall). Posted by HM @ 2:38 PM. Thursday, July 21, 2005. Tiwanaku (Ancient Incan Ruins). On the way back, we had a lot of fun sharing our testimonies and laughing at each other.It was amazing to see how God has put such different people together on this team and to hear abou...