The tomato that wasn't a tomato...

It's been a long time since I've last blogged, but don't worry, we've been busy.

Today our team has been busy working on the orphanage project. Some are painting while while others are roofing. I've been doing a little of everything and Mom I've even spent a few days learning how do be a plumber. :-) Our goal is to have three rooms completed by the end of the week so we can use them for the teams that will be coming down throughout the summer.

Last week we saw the ACF team off on Tuesday night with a trip to Lima. For dinner we were treated to the Peruvian favorite of pollo a la brasa (chicken and French fries).

Later in the week our group of 8 moved into our new apartment which is nice and cozy with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. We all like though and we've been playing settlers around the dinner table almost every night.

This weekend we had a relax day when we checked out the beach. The water was pretty cold, but if we get a warm day we might take a quick dip. Speaking of the weather, we've had a couple really nice days of sunshine which have been great.

Yesterday we spent another day in Lima where we went to church, got some lunch and hit up a Peruvian market. At lunch we got to try ceviche which is raw fish soaked in lemon juice until the acid cooks it. It is served cold with red onion, a sweet potato and corn. As you can imagine, the texture took a little while to get used to but it tasted fine. I also had quite an adventure with an extremely hot pepper that I thought was a tomato... I'm sure you can imagine. :-) Our Peruvian friend Mariano just laughed when he found out that I had eaten it. My mouthed cooled down after about 20 minutes. Overall though I've really enjoyed getting to experience the Peruvian food so far.

Until next time...