Learning Thai

On Saturday, we the monthly celebration meeting at our house in combination with a big Nicaraguan feast. Two of our team mates, Nixson and Efrain come from Nicaragua and we thought it would be fun to try some of their food. With them coordinating, we all worked together to make beans and rice (mixed, called gallo pinto), salad (vigaron- yucca, cabbage and tomatoes with lime/vinegar/salt, and pork rinds), and grilled meat. It was so delicious! ....and we made so much that the whole team has been eating it for many meals since!

Por (a university student and recently baptized believer who is being discipled by Efrain and Nixson and attends our meetings).....washing Yucca with Silas. Silas loves this guy and calls him Pii Por (older brother Por).

Our first experience cooking with yucca.

Nixson fries up the beans while Dan looks on. Since Dan lived in Nicaragua for many years, he was an important taste tester. :)

Dan assembles the vigaron to serve the old fashioned way...on a banana leaf.

Seri gives Silas a taste of the salad. Seri is a guest who makes himself at home....he swept our yard and driveway while he waited for the other guests to arrive!

Guests arrive: Geat and two kids Dtao and Faa.

Nixson explains the food to some more university friends.

I think the food made Nixson and Efrain (helping himself here) a little homesick! Nixson kept saying that the smell made him miss home.

This was Pon's last night visiting from Laos- he had to leave for the bus station later that night. So we had a good time of prayer and blessing for him. He misses Thailand and our group but is confident that God will use him in Laos too.

Sunday school...Eliza, Faa (that's a pork rind in her mouth if you're wondering), and Claire show off their "love crowns."

By the way, although not seen in the pictures, our team mate Colleen worked really hard to make this possible too! She also made a really good Nicaraguan drink- dragon fruit juice that required laborious straining of tiny black seeds! It was fun working as a team to make this feast possible and everyone seemed to really enjoy it judging from the amount consumed!

-Candice