Hamburgers

Today we ate at the La Lucha that is right on Ovalo Gutierrez. I ordered the Hamburgueso with Papaya con Leche to drink. Ordering food at La Lucha is a bit of a challenge. You order what you want to eat and then you are asked what sauces or salsas you want on the sandwich and what you would like to add to your sandwich. I didn't catch all the names of the sauces, let alone what they were. I did catch that they would add juevos, if I wanted. I'm not a big fan of eggs on my burgers, so I declined. I watched them put all these sauces on this hamburger, there was a purplish sauce, an herbed mayonnaise, aji sauce, a tomato sauce, ketchup, and mustard and a few others that I only caught a slight glimpse of. To that pile of flavor was added bacon (very cooked, very red variety), shredded lettuce, tomato, and some fabulous queso blanco. All of this was piled onto a toasted bun. So what did I think of the Limeño Hamburger?? Best. Burger. I. Have. Ever. Had!!!! All the flavors and textures made for a delightful experience. 

 

 Earlier today we met at a local Baptist church to help with an English translators class. It is really neat to see the whole process of learning English as a second language and comparing it to my experience in learning Spanish. Something I'm still working on. An update on our work and maybe a more detailed description of what it is that we are doing: Right now we are helping Connect Peru with whatever they need. Mostly just helping with the English classes but also with the Bible Study out in Pamplona. There will be more on each of those later, I promise. Twice a week we are working with John to set up an English Conversation group or club. We have come up with a name for that, EMERGE. Embracing Many, Exposing Reality, Gleaning English. On Monday we hope to go to different university campuses and pass out some surveys and information on the conversation groups. Our ultimate goal is to plant a church in the upper classes of Lima, a vastly under-reached demographic. So we start with some English conversation groups and lead a bible study afterward and let God do the rest. [= So pray that the hearts of Lima are opened to the Gospel and God's amazing love. 

Hope this post finds you all in happiness, peace, and good health. <3

Lauren T.