Tranquilo

 That's the name of our new little canine friend here at Don David's here in Quito.

He's a pretty cute little ball of fluff!  

Reminiscences

 

The first picture is probably pretty self-explanatory, at least for those who know where I spent last year.  

And this one...

Last year, one of our sweet Littles in trying to address my co-worker and me by name went with "Dane-Dane" for Dana and "Dum Dum" for Kamela.  SO, when we lunched at this restaurant the other day, I just HAD to get a picture.  :-)  

Have you ever eaten ice cream with cheese on top?

 

Lunch out with Sra. Mery and her son, Israel

Why yes, Mom...

I did just have chocolate cake for supper!

For the record, this is not a typical Ecuadorian supper, but it is not completely unusual in this home where the folks own a bakery.  :-)  

 

Today's trip to the supermarket

 Today, Jill and I decided to go to SuperMaxi to see what is available in the big Ecuadorian grocery stores these days.  We were very impressed!  The variety is much greater than it was when we both left the country two years ago, which we both found a little surprising given the events of the past two years.  Nevertheless, we were both pleased to be able to find a few products that we hadn't been able to get here before.  

I took a few pictures in the store of things I haven't seen too often in our local grocery stores back home.

Can you tell what this is?  

(Hint: Your mom probably taught you not to stick it out at anybody!)

Pig hoof

Pork kidneys

Beef heart

Beef kidneys

Cow stomach

"Chicken paws"

Or perhaps you'd just prefer a few snacks...

Plenty of Chifles:

There was also one can of root beer and one can of Dr. Pepper, neither of which had I ever seen down here before.  I bought them both just because.  

Sunday Lunch Out

 After Sunday morning meeting and a noon gospel meeting, Jill and I went out to eat with Rebekah M. (from New Zealand, resident of Ecuador) and Maricela B.

Jill, Rebekah, Kamela, Maricela

Cafecito con los siervos

The brothers will be leaving this part of the field on Monday, so it was nice to have a cup of coffee with them and discuss some field things before their departure.  

 

Kamela, Jill Y, Scott P, Alberto B