Visiting a country like Peru raises awareness around the excessive materialism and wealth we experience in the States. Staying at the Albergue refocuses one’s attention. Finding beauty in human beings and nature rather than frivolity, adornments, or luxury. In the States we have lost co-existence with nature; instead we live ina controlled environment, how refreshing it has been to live with the windown open and sleep under the warmth of homemade blankets rather than the drone of central heat. Tending to everyday life rather than having the distractions that surround us in the cities is very nourishing and balancing, at least for me. Thank you for presenting this opportunity, I hope to return to the Albregue as well as visit other countries through your program.

Pamela Butler

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