Eric Schubert 7/29/2007 Peru reflection paper My initial thoughts ...
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<strong>Eric</strong> <strong>Schubert</strong><br />
7/<strong>29</strong>/<strong>2007</strong><br />
<strong>Peru</strong> <strong>reflection</strong> <strong>paper</strong><br />
<strong>My</strong> <strong>initial</strong> <strong>thoughts</strong> before leaving for <strong>Peru</strong> were that this country was going to be<br />
completely different from the United States. I believed that the people would be wearing<br />
different clothes, have many different religions and would be eating foods that most<br />
people in the United States wouldn’t ever think about eating. Also I didn’t know how the<br />
people there would react to American citizens in their country. I was a little bit timid at<br />
first because of the war in Iraq and I was thinking that these people might be offended by<br />
our attempts across seas.<br />
Upon arriving at <strong>Peru</strong> the people were very kind and almost exactly the opposite<br />
of what I thought they would be. When we got out of the airport and were driving down<br />
the streets to Santa Maria I noticed that the people and their way of life was more similar<br />
to ours then I thought. As the trip went on I recognized that theses people ate foods that<br />
we similar, had stores that were similar and almost everything was the same except the<br />
language that they spoke.<br />
Most of the people that we met through the orphanage and through the schools<br />
were very good people. They were very open and accepting to our way of life. They<br />
wanted to know everything about our families and us. The family that I stayed with was<br />
more then generous they were amazing. One of the days was father’s day and we went to<br />
a cookout and they were very open to share their homes and their food. I am more then<br />
grateful for the hospitality that these people showed me in <strong>Peru</strong>, they completely changed<br />
my mind and showed me that there is good all over the world.<br />
If someone gave me the opportunity to do this trip all over again I would do it in a<br />
heart beat! I learned many new things and gained many life long experiences that I will
<strong>Eric</strong> <strong>Schubert</strong><br />
7/<strong>29</strong>/<strong>2007</strong><br />
<strong>Peru</strong> <strong>reflection</strong> <strong>paper</strong><br />
never forget. I also met many great people in <strong>Peru</strong> that I will be staying in touch with and<br />
made many friends among the group of students from Moeller.
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