Día de La Raza (Part 3)

A very important part of Latin culture is FOOD. Good food. Not necessarily always spicy. The celebration of Día de la Raza concluded with lunch in the dinning hall. The school provided rice and chicken, but every family brought a side dish or dessert to fill out the long table of food.

Stuffed peppers.
They were all gone by the time I got through the line.
Bummer.

Salsa Verde (green sauce) is my favorite!

Cold tomato soup (very common in Spain).

And of course, olives.

I have no idea what these are called.
They looked good, but again, all gone by the time I got through the line.

Carol and Andy Patton brought this platter that is typical in Peru.

Eggs, limes, avocados, nuts, and raw fish.

The Pattons also brought this colorful rice, french fries, beef and red pepper dish.

Thanks to Phil and Patty Thurston, we rounded off the meal with some good old American apple pie.

That concluded our day. We were thankful for the break from class and the diversion from our studies. Now it is back to the final sprint to the end of the semester. We will have a couple days off in Nov. for Thanksgiving. We have 33 class days left of school, then finals.

Thank you for your continued prayer for our family. Continue to pray about the many details that need to be accomplished in the preparation of getting rid of most of our stuff here in Texas, then flying back to MN on Dec. 12th.

Come back to the blog soon
and read a two part post on the Top Ten Spanish Lessons I am learning.
You won't need to know Spanish to understand all of the lessons.