joys and pains of food + things u may care about
well this blog posting may not be the longest posting ever, mainly because I’m going to try to start blogging a little more often, even if the postings aren’t quite as long! so to start off, the last few weeks have been pretty hectic b/c we’ve been super busy working on several events, as well has hosting more ppl at our house. a little over a week ago we had an event called twestival that is promoted by the social media organization twitter. this event was primarily to raise awareness for global poverty and the personal responsibility we can all take to alleviate the immense amount of poverty, especially in undeveloped countries. Marco and i were responsible for organizing and running the event, which also gave us the opportunity to meet other people who desire transformation Globally, and here in Ecuador. today we also had our house church and others at our house to eat and hang out. this entire Easter weekend has been pretty intense food wise because there is a typical food that everyone eats for Lunch, which is called Fenezca. this soup (with the consistency of oatmeal) has over 10 different types of grains and beans, and you can only imagine how hard that is on the stomach, especially if you’re not accustomed to eating that kind of food! not to mention we’ve had that soup three different times at different “get togethers” this weekend. my stomach is hating me right now!! over these holiday’s Marco’s parents have come back to Quito to check on us and other business related things, which has been really cool to meet them, hang out with them, and practicing spanish all the time (right now this is my constant dose of humility).
on another note, i was able to really lavish the luxury or should i say the rarity of eating sushi!! it was one of the most blissful nights since i’ve been here, especially since sushi has become one of my favorite foods and i have yet to eat any since i’ve been in Quito!
these are some good days, b/c i can see God at work in many areas: IMAGINE, my own life, and in my spanish classes. and when i speak of my spanish classes i do mean my progress in learning Spanish, but i’m also referring to being able to continue to share the Gospel with other teachers, especially the guy whom i’ve had for a teacher over the last month. it is a slow process with him, because there isn’t a ton of interest on his part or a feeling of urgency, but i have given him a bible and many days we talk about things. i continue to stress that in no way do i want him to feel that i’m trying to convince or persuade him into anything, but rather just to take the idea of Truth, and life (eternal) serious for himself, b/c i get the feeling he just feels like there is only here an now, and after we die there is nothing else. but i know that God works everything out to his purpose, so i’m convinced that God is working in his life!!
well ok, maybe i didn’t make that as short as i had hoped, i’ll try to work on that! please feel free to drop me a line and/or update me on how ya’ll are doing!?
