Waiting on Paper!

  Our second full week of work here in Peru has come to an end and like always it has its news and stories to tell. Although most everything is going rather well for us, we have had just one minor setback. We got the chance to visit with most of the remaining businesses that we didn't get to meet with last week, and they all seem to be doing well. Rudth, the lady who wants to start her own sewing business signed her contract and was able to go to the notary with us and get everything signed off and we are ready to start the financing process!
  Our setback this week is frustrating because it is something out of our control. In order to recruit people for our classes and to involve them in the program we have created a small pamphlet that we created on Word and sent to be printed off so that we could pass them out and try to get people interested in the program. Well the pamphlet has been finished for over a week now and still has yet to be printed! I guess the company that was supposed to print them was unsure of what we expected of them and long story short we had to take our business elsewhere and we should have the pamphlets done and ready to hand out early in this week.

  Due to the fact that Jaquelin is no longer working with us, Danper Sembrando Futuro has decided to hire on a part time worker to help out with the communications part of what we do. So this week we got to go to Danper and take part in the process of interviewing two candidates for the job and help in the decision making. We have decided to hire on a girl named Milagros who seemed very ready and qualified for the job.
  A lot of our time this week was spent here in the office getting things organized and put into order. Its hard to keep everything organized and neat when you are in charge of several businesses financing and papers, but after a lot of work we got it somewhat figured out!
  This weekend we took a trip to the beach at Huanchaco to watch the longboard world championships! The weather was awesome and the beach was lush! We only got slightly lost on the way home after taking the wrong bus, but thanks to a few nice Peruvians we were able to make it home! Also this week there was a huge parade on the main street by our house signifying the end of the spring celebrations here in Trujillo. It was really neat to see all the traditional clothing and dances displayed as they walked down the streets.

  This upcoming week will be spent spreading the word about our program and finding people for our classes. We wish for the best and hopefully can find people who are sincerely interested in taking the steps to start their own business!