Halloween Shake, Rattle, & Roll!

We had a great time on Saturday afternoon at our Halloween Outreach/Children's Costume Party at KFC in Lima. Between children and adults, there were about 70 in attendance. Right before the party started, though, a strong earthquake tremor rocked Lima. It registered 4.3 on the Richter Scale. It lasted just 5 seconds, but it felt like a freight train smashing into the side of the building. Children in Peru practice "earthquake drills" in school, just like I used to practice "fire drills" at school back in the day, and so they knew immediately what to do: they quickly gathered around each other in American football-style huddles. The children were far calmer than the parents, who all were running around, trying to make sure that their kids were safe after the earthquake tremor. One of the kids was totally unfazed by the jolting tremor, because he thought that it was part of the special effects for the costume party!