Meetings, meetings and more meetings

Photo: Truly a rare scene in Lima - a woman taxi driver; in fact, the three of us that were in the taxi had never seen a female taxi driver before - and between us we had well over 40-years of living and working in Peru. I think the driver really enjoyed our enthusiasm.

The past few days have been a whirlwind. We have been running around from meetings to meetings. Our goal, as always, is to learn about, become acquainted with, create partnerships with as many organizations as possible. As such, we spend a lot of time reconnecting with our in-country partners and meeting new NGOs.

We arrived in Arequipa late last night and went straight to an HBI team dinner. One of the young doctors who has volunteered with us over the past few years is back in Peru from Spain. He has been in Spain for the past 18-months completing an internship. He is slated to start a ENT surgical residency in Germany in September. It was great to spend some time with him and learn about all of the wonderful things that are happening in his life.

Today we head to La Salle University, the host for our Street Youth Conference on Monday. We are visiting with the rector and touring the facilities to set-up the symposium. We are expecting close to 50-participants for the invitation only conference. In addition to touring the facilities we have a list as long as our arms of "To Do" items in preparation for the conference. Today is going to be crazy busy. Good thing we have the full team in Arequipa to help.