Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream
FROM THE OCEAN TO THE MOUNTAINS JUSTICE FOR PERU!
Sponsored by: Giddings-Lovejoy Presbytery
Partner and Host: Red Uniendo Manos Peru (Joining Hands Partnership)
The next JOINING HANDS PERU PARTNERSHIP REFLECION AND ACTION TRIP will be MAY 25 ~ JUNE 2, 2019. Based on double room occupancy and at least 6 participants, the cost will be about $900 (includes food, lodging, in-country ground and air transportation); plus round-trip St. Louis-Lima air fare/trip support-preparation expenses (estimated $1,400), and personal expenses (passport, meds, souvenirs, etc.)
Requirements: good health, ability to walk distances and adjust to high altitudes, flexibility, openness to new people/situations
Commitment to participating includes study and three orientation sessions and covenant to use knowledge and experience gained from trip to share Joining Hands work with churches, presbytery, others.
Those interested may contact Ellie Stock ([email protected]) or Mark Strothmann ([email protected]) for an application or more information. Deadline is February 28, 2019 with $500.00 deposit. Application for financial assistance is February 15, 2019.
ITINERARY (subject to change due to local circumstances and flight schedules) is below:
MAY 25, Saturday: ST. LOUIS TO LIMA: morning flight; arrive in Lima (capital, on the Pacific Ocean Coast), Peru in evening. Hotel: Casa Kolping, https://www.booking.com/hotel/pe/casa-lima-kolping.es.html
MAY 26, Sunday: LIMA: Morning worship at IEP church; lunch with congregants; Huaca Pucllana Ruins in Lima; Night at Casa Kolping (Lima)
MAY 27, Monday: Morning at Joining Hands Office (introduction to Joining Hands Office; Fair Trade, etc., lunch); Afternoon flight to Huancayo in the Andes; Night at Gran Palma Hotel (Huancayo): http://hotelgranpalma.com/en/huancayo/servisios/
MAY 28,Tuesday: HUANCAYO/LA OROYA: - Day trip to La Oroya: see environmental impact /contamination of mining; converse with local partners; visit reforestation project; meet local artisans; Night at Gran Palma Hotel (Huancayo)
MAY 29, Wednesday: HUANCAYO/HUANCAVALICA: Morning travel to Huancavelica; Afternoon visit with Artisans: Mercurio; Night in Huancavelica (Hotel TBD)
MAY 30, Thursday: HUANCAVALICA/HUANCAYO: Morning visit with Artisans in Yauli; Afternoon return to Huancayo; Night at Gran Palma Hotel (Huancayo)
MAY 31, Friday: HUANCAYO/LIMA: Morning flight to Lima; Rest; Afternoon visit to Artisans in Lima
JUNE 1, Saturday: LIMA/FLIGHT TO U.S.: Morning at Joining Hands/Bridge of Hope office; Closing Reflection/ Ceremony; Fair Trade Shopping; Brisas de Titicaca Lunch/Folk Dance Show; Evening at Waterfront; Night flights to U.S.
JUNE 2, Sunday: U.S.: Arrive in St. Louis/U.S.