Alpacas, Graduation, and Etc.

On Friday we visited many interesting places to view the mountains around Arequipa. This involved way too many stairs which caused my knee to swell and become very painful. So here I am hobbling around Arequipa. Otherwise we are both well.
Saturday we visited an alpaca/llama farm. Black, white, gray, and brown alpaca and llamas surrounded us. They were very tame and we were face to face with them without them spitting in our faces. I loved it there. We also had genuine Peruvian cuisine in a little sidewalk cafe. I don´t know what it was called but it was pretty good.
This morning we went to a bario outside of Arequipa and had S.S. with children there. Then we walked to a market and bought food for a very poor family who lived at the bottom of a very steep hill. Don and I stayed on top of the hill while Dan and Jully and a local boy delivered the food.
Tonight we met at a Christian school where Dan teaches, and had a graduation ceremony for Dan. We took his diploma with us. After Don shared a challenge, he presented Dan with his diploma and his certificate of his Bachelor´s degree. We had taken a cap and gown, too, so this was a very meaningful time for Dan. About 12 of us attended. After picture taking we had refreshments and then visited for a couple of hours. Quite a challenge when we don´t speak the same language. We all had a good time.
Tomorrow will be a slow day, and then on Tues. the four of us will board a bus and go to Colca Canyon. They say it is very beautiful there, but very cold. If we get up early we can see the condors fly over the canyon. We will stay 2 or 3 nights.
Thank you to each of you that are praying for us.