Streaming Silverman

Before we came to Peru, I thought our work in the orphanage would be sad. That has not been the case. The boys are in a great moods when we ...

Our "mama" woke us about about 6a.  We slept in our clothes and there's no running water for showers so it didn't take lo...

Despite hot showers, Day 2 started a bit slow because of the higher altitude (Puno is roughly 600 meters higher than Cusco)…but don't w...

We spent the past weekend traveling to Puno and Lake Titicaca.  It was a long, fascinating and often exhausting 3-day, 2-night trip.  I...

I want each and every one of you to be grateful for your warm optimally pressured showers today.  You see while it is summer in America and ...

After staying out late on Friday night and being a little tired from a long week of waking up early for Spanish classes, we took advantage ...

On Friday night all the orphanage volunteers were invited to a special party to celebrate several of the kids from the girls' orphanage...

Last Saturday I had the pleasure to accompany Ana to her local farmer's market to buy our food for the week.  Her trek is similar to my ...

So Luke and I brought our baseball gloves and a ball to the orphanage yesterday, and it was a big hit.  Baseball isn't exactly a common ...

Some of you have asked for pictures from the orphanage so we took a few yesterday.  I've posted a few below and there's plenty more ...