I arrived safely in Lima last night at 11:00. I met a volunteer there who flew in from another part of the states and we stayed at the house of my good friend Richard.
This morning was another early morning, we woke up at 6:00 to go get started on my residency paperwork on the other side of lima. We got done with that around 10:30 then we went to MIMDES. I will probably be refering to MIMDES a lot so I should probably explain what it is. MIMDES stands for Minsterio De la Mujer y Desarrollo Social. It is pretty much the Peruvian version of the Division of Family Services. My goal when I visted today was to talk to somebody about how we can speed up adoptions for United States Citizens. I ended up getting to talk to 3 different people about the process and I think I made some headway. They now know my name and face and have told me that they will call their division in Trujillo on my behalf. It was pretty incredible that I was able to walk in without an appointment or without them even knowing who I was and be able to sit down and talk with them about our kids at Casa de Paz. God definitely had his hand on that. I was able to talk to them about everything I wanted. This last semester of 9 hours of spanish helped out so much. However, I´m glad that Richard was there to help me fill in a couple of holes in the conversations.
I´m taking the 8:30 PM bus to Pacasmayo so I should get there around 5:30 tomorrow morning. I´ll post again as soon as I get the chance.
4 comments:
Awe, enjoy your time there, and do great things :) I'll be sure to visit you sometime!
Your Spanish is gonna be ROCKIN!
Hey Kevin!
It's so exciting to hear that you are back in Peru! I'm sure that it will be so great to have someone with passion and drive there...pretty much a "get-er-done" attitude! Abiel and I will be praying for you along with all of our friends and family in Pacasmayo!
~Emily Diaz
wow that was great that you were able to talk to them already. I thought you were just picking up paperwork. looking forward to you posts and can't wait to see some picture and videos. you know me, always pushing for the pics and videos.:)
I was praying the past couple of days that doors would open for you! I was so excited to hear how easy it was to make contact about the adoptions!
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