Monday

Monday

Patti and I walked (a sample of the sidewalk above) to the grocery store to poke around and figure out what is available for meals. It was fun to see all the new fruits and packaged food that is unique to Peru. We bought one experimental fruit that we will cut into today. It is pretty ugly, but I have high hopes.

In the evening Kerry arrange for a babysitter for all the children and the grownups went out to a nice restaurant called Zig Zags. It is owned by German/Swiss couples that have embraced the local fare and added their own twist. It was very fun. The person who designed the Eiffel Tower designed the stairs in this 300-year-old building. (I don’t have Internet as I write or I would Google his name).  One of their specialties is serving the meat on very, very hot stones. You order it the way you like it, it comes partially cooked and then you cut into it and lay it out on the stone and it continues to cook. Splatter city! - thus, the bibs - very fun and delicious with all of the sauces.

After dinner we went and did a bit of antique shopping for something I had my eye on for Mike, so I can’t tell here what it is.

We then split up and Shane and Eric took me to Café Berea and Pioneer Peru. This is where the ministry takes place. Shane and Kerry started the coffee shop two years ago. This is its third location and it was wonderful. Coffee shops here open at four o’clock and close about eleven. It is now totally run by local people. This coffee shop was the start of a church, which has expanded next door.  The offices of Pioneer Peru are also there. There is plan of having a nice hostel for missionaries and others to stay there. It is a wonderful location, only about 4 blocks from the center of town.  Eric sounds like he can hardly wait to get his hands on some of the remodeling.