Por Fin

So I realized the blog has had zero contribution from the Chapín region, so here we go:

This is one of our little classes. This was a self-employment class (we have been teaching a lot of those beacause our manager thinks they are more important).

McClain and I eat at Dominoes on special occasions. Here I am eating what is called the "Piza Chapín." In stead of tomato sauce, it is smothered in beans. As toppings, there are cheeze and onions and longaniza.

Perhaps you can see where my heart is. This is called Fiambre. I don't know if they make it there, but here they make it only the 1st/2nd of Noviembre. Traditionally, people would bring all of their food to the cemetery to share. So fiambre is the combination of everything on hand. They soak cooked veggies in pineapple vinager for a day and then mix it with every meat and cheese at hand. I loved it every day.

I was pretty jealous of all of your exotic-looking pictures. We live in a cold dusty little highland town (which I love to death), but this is NOT where we live, I just had to compete for the beautiful picture contest. This is lake Atitlán. We spent 2 days of vacation here. Beautiful.

On the way back from Atitlán, we passed this active little volcano (that is destroying its larger partner...) called San Tiaguito. There are volcanoes everywhere here. It is great.

Some pictures from Argentina...

Bowling at the brand new alley in Rio Cuarto

"Mira, columna... yo soy una persona..."

One of the best activities in the TAL is talking to the wall (or column as the case may be).

What can we say? This was yet another great group we taught at the CRE.

TAL participants in Rio Cuarto

El Paseo de Buen Pastor: a really cool art museum complete with music, fountains and a light show every two hours and the best part is it's only half a block from our apartment!

Well, we didn't exactly know how to light the oven. So we made pizza on the stove in pot. Let's just say we figured out how to light the oven shortly thereafter. And when Jill gets back ask her to make her highly acclaimed "weenie suprise" for you.

Jill and Pame are painting a wall (and themselves apparently) during the ward service project.

Thursday is feria day... the best day of the week!

FHE with the JAS (young single adults) at our house!

Our valient attempt to make American cookies with Argentine ingredients and our friend Berenice (aka la mexicana).

Tomando mate...