After church Olivia, Rolando, and their son Hugo came and picked me up with my luggage and took me to lunch at a nice restaurant in Lima that serves food from Arequipa (where I’m heading right now). It was so great to see them. Olivia plastered me with kisses on both cheeks. And Rolando gave me a bear hug and told me that I look more like a man now. I took it as a compliment. It was good to have a real meal today too, even though I couldn’t eat all they ordered me. Olivia ordered guinea pig, which they eat quite a bit here. It came fried, head, feet and all. Pretty gross if you ask me, but all the Peruvians see it as a delicacy.
After dinner we went back to Rolando and Olivia’s home and I showed them photos of the family. Olivia loved seeing photos of her “angelito” Ethan. Rolando gave me one of his books from his library to read in Arequipa. He has a huge library of books that he has read over the years. And the rest of the family was there as well, Macho, Isabel, y Monica. Macho y Kathy took me to the airport and I loved talking to them because I can tell they are the most active in the church. I guess the rest of the family has fallen away and hasn’t been to church for awhile. So we talked about why they aren’t going anymore. Rolando has a really hard time hearing so it’s hard for him to understand the talks and lessons. But he still loves to read.
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You are missing some Red Sox drama. Big Papi is out for a month+, maybe the whole season. Coco Crisp got in a rumble with a Tampa Bay pitcher. They only have a 1 game lead on Tampa Bay. The good news is that the Yankees are 500.
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