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Oh heyyyyyyyy. (PIP)

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I'm back!

And I remember the rules. It happened:



I slept in the airport and this mysterious fruit was breakfast. You eat the mushy part of it.


My view every morning <3 The Sacred Valley, Peru.


I survived Machu Picchu, but just barely.  Isn't that mist amazing?



This was a little girl who attended the school we were working with. Her name was Mavila and she was Quechuan. Don't mind how exhausted I look!

So for those of you who are curious, we built a water tank with a pipeline for the school's greenhouse. It's in a very rural area of Cusco, Peru where they're very poor and poor nutrition is a huge problem for the children who live in the mountains here. So the school wants to grow its own vegetables and fruit for the kids who come to school there. We also brought tons of donations for the families and did a lot of sight seeing.

It was amazing. Just incredible. I can't say enough good things about this experience. Totally and completely life changing!

But I'm also so glad to be back home. :)

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  • bethsmilesbethsmiles member
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    edited December 2011
    It looks and sounds like you had an amazing experience! I'm so glad that you got to go :) Those pictures are beautiful!


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  • Ember01Ember01
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    edited December 2011
    One of my students *Just* gave a speech on Machu Picchu!

    Great pictures! Looks like you had a great time!
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  • sparkles88sparkles88 member
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    edited December 2011
    It looks like you had a blast. It's wonderful you got the opportunity to help others and see some place new at the same time! Did you ever find out what kind of fruit that is? It's looks like some kind of bizarre orange.
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  • zsuziezzsuziez member
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    edited December 2011
    looks scool my family is from peru
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  • heyimbrenheyimbren member
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    edited December 2011
    Sparkles, it's called Grenadia apparently. It was really good, but so messy and strange looking. It's nothing like an orange, more like a pomegranate.
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    edited December 2011
    Thanks for sharing...glad you had a good time for such a worthy cause.
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  • alanna91alanna91 member
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    edited December 2011
    That's amazing! It's definitely something I would want to do. Did you do that through school or church or something else?

    Machu Picchu is incredible, and you took such a beautiful picture of it!

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  • heyimbrenheyimbren member
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    edited December 2011
    Thanks!

    Alanna, it was a group of us from my school that went but we worked with a local NGO while there. Such a great group too! They're doing some incredible work.
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  • AudgiePodgeAudgiePodge member
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    This is amazing!
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  • bourgehmbourgehm
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    edited December 2011
    Wonderful pictures! It's awesome that you had such a great time and helped some people out!  Also, you're really pretty!
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  • desertsundesertsun member
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    Wow, that is awesome, Bren. Good for you for doing something to help others. It sounds like an amazing experience. Thank you for sharing! <3


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  • AbigailMSAbigailMS
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    Beautiful pictures, except for the fruit...it looks weird. It's awesome that you got the opportunity to do this, and that you took advantage of it and had a blast!
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  • Hazel_BHazel_B member
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    Looks incredible Bren and it sounds like you had an amazing experience!
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  • mookow86mookow86
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    Sounds like an amazing experience. Welcome back!
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  • marleylikeairmarleylikeair member
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    Wow! Great photos, Bren. Glad you're back! Mad props to you for volunteering. That rocks.
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  • cu97tigercu97tiger member
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    Great pictures Bren. Welcome home and I'm so glad you enjoyed your trip!
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  • calindicalindi member
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    edited December 2011
    Yay!  Glad to hear it went well!

    Did you eat ceviche?  And those delicious potatoes (they have over 250 kinds of potatoes - my kind of place!)?  And the giant pieces of corn?

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  • motoLynmotoLyn member
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    Welcome back!  Those are awesome pics, I had to stare at the fruit one for a bit to wrap my head around it. 

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  • LizzyTish88LizzyTish88 member
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    Nice pics Bren! Glad you had a good trip!
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  • PaigeMcCPaigeMcC member
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    Bren, you're such an amazing young woman.  It looks so beautiful! Hope you enjoyed yourself, darlin'

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  • Elle1036Elle1036 member
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    Hey, I'm really glad you got to go.  And I'm really glad you're back!
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    edited December 2011
    You are amazing for volunteering like that! Congrats on going to Peru!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I'm going on a collecting trip to Peru in May!
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  • heyimbrenheyimbren member
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_oh-heyyyyyyyy-pip?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:136Discussion:f9d04081-2ac1-4955-84b8-933eab8201daPost:f9f457c1-d9e3-48bd-9325-66dc526e0f60">Re: Oh heyyyyyyyy. (PIP)</a>:
    [QUOTE]You are amazing for volunteering like that! Congrats on going to Peru!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm going on a collecting trip to Peru in May!
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    What will you be doing on the trip? Do you know where you're going?

    You're lucky to go in May- it was really rainy when we went and mudslides and floods were definitely a bit of a problem.
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