A day to remember

Today was a special day – a wonderful day.  After talking about it for over a year, we finally arranged a cooking day with a dear friend from Carmen Bajo.  The food she makes is incredible.  Today we made 3 dishes out of green plantains – empanadas de verde, corviches and enrollado (all typical ecuadorian dishes).  I don’t know how to describe them to you other than that they are the most delicious foods ever.

Even though the food was amazing, the day was even more memorable because of the conversation.  I simply asked the question of my friend, “how did you learn to cook?”.  Her answer started with, “well Sarah, my life has been complicated …” and then she continued to tell the story of her childhood over the next several hours as we cooked, chatted and ate together.

I have become a bit of a cynical person lately, wondeirng whether people can really change (that is, whether God can change people).  I was overwhelmed to be sitting with someone who had passed through so many horrible things in her life and yet, by the grace of God, had overcome.  While at times it was clear that the memories still hurt, she has been able to forgive and she can now see that in the midst of the terrible times, God was with her.  Wow!

Proudly displaying my first-ever empanada:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Empanadas ready to eat (my mouth is watering just seeing the picture!):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The cooking team – showing off the corviches:

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