This week has been a very average week of teaching in the
mornings at the school, and then doing homework, relaxing, and spending time
with the family in the evenings. However, this weekend I was able to be
adventurous and try some strange foods. First, I tried sheep stomach/intestines (pic below). It was a rather odd experience. The stomach didn’t have much of a
flavor, but it was very chewy (think similar to chewing a rubber band).
Then I tried raw fish – a dish they call “ceviche.” It might
be the number dish of the country. So many people, especially in this area,
love it! They marinate the raw fish in lots of lemon juice (however, their
lemons are different than ours) and lots of onions. Honestly, I was kind of
scared of trying it. Just the thought of eating raw meat is rather disturbing.
When the time came for me to try it, the family watched to see my reaction and
Pastor was videoing on his phone. Though I was scared, it really wasn’t that
strange. There was so much lemon juice and onion, that that’s all I could
taste. So, though it’s not necessarily something I’ll be looking forward to eating,
I wouldn’t mind trying it again.
This Saturday I was able to visit a daughter church in
another, poorer part of Trujillo. I traveled with Jen and a few others for an
hour long, bumpy micro (bus) ride. I’m not sure exactly what it is, but I love
riding the micro, so I was very thankful for the fun ride. At the church I
talked with the Pastor about the people in the area and the people in another
even poorer section closer to the mountains. It was very heartbreaking to hear
about the different needs of the people, especially the children. I’m so
grateful that they do have a church in each of these two areas. (The poorer
section I am talking about is Alto Trujillo. I have some pictures from the
church in Alto Trujillo from my previous trip.)
Este sábado
yo podía visitar otra iglesia en otra, más pobre parte del Trujillo. Yo viajaba
con Jen y algunos otros por una hora por micro. No sé porque, pero me encanta
viajar por micro; entonces, yo estaba muy agradecida para la experiencia. En la
iglesia, yo hablé con el Pastor de la gente en el área y la gente en otra
sección más pobre y más cerca a las montañas. Fue muy desgarrador oír sobre de
la necesidades de la gente, especialmente los niños. Estoy agradecida que hay
una iglesia en cada uno de estos lugares.
Wendy is the Pastor's wife's niece who is living with us too. :)
These last two pictures were taken on Sunday after the morning
service. When I was still in the church on of the little boys in my family came
running up to me with a small ice cream cone. I was confused at first, until I
realized that there was an ice cream man outside the church selling ice cream.
He had a good business as many people from the church wanted a small treat on
the warm, sunny day.
I took this picture after everyone but one customer had left. What a new experience for me to have ice cream just outside of church.


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