Category: Food

Celebrating

Last night we got to celebrate a little bit that I got a new job. What’s really cool about this is that most of the people celebrating were somewhat disappointed that I won’t be coming back to Youth World full time, and yet they were living out our summer motto of “People over Projects” by joining me in my excitement over what’s next. I’m really pumped to be joining the Soapstone UMC family, but I am truly going to miss this group of people that dives fearlessly into life and ministry together, knowing that the kind of people who wind up at Youth World are only ever here for a season.

And by the way… sometimes “celebrating” in Ecuador just means going to the BK Lounge.

 

 

I Promise I Can Feed Myself

Just about everyone from home who hasn’t been here asks me “What do you eat?” any time I talk to them. People older than me tend to ask this with either the tone of voice that says “You are eating, right?” or the even less convincing manner that simply comes across as “I really don’t believe you’re eating.”

I have to say I’m really thankful for the internet, so I can call my parents and ask “How you do cook a…?” or simply Google it if I feel like I should really have already known. And I’ve certainly learned how to make several things, and have gotten to experiment with things baking at high altitude and using an oven that only has 3 settings1 and no inside light.

But so that all your fears can be calmed, and so that I can show off a little bit, here is a fairly random sampling of some of my creations.

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This is my “Mitad del Mundo” Burger on a toasted bun, so named because I got the idea for adding the fried egg from a restaurant at the equator monument here in Quito. Notice the avocado. Everything’s better with avocado, especially in Ecuador.

1In the words of my friend Sarah Marr: “On a scale of min to max, where do you think 350 is?”