Cuy

Cuy is the word we use here in Peru for guinea pig.  This past Monday a couple of the youth from the church had the day off and wanted to cook us guinea pig at our house.  This was the second time that we have ate guinea pig so we were prepared for what to expect.  It is actually very tasty but there is not much meat there.

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Fried cuy
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time to eat
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the girls enjoying the food

Happy Birthday Becca!

Rebecca recently celebrated her 3? birthday!  The girls and I are definitely blessed to have such a wonderful and godly, wife and mother. We had a great time celebrating on Friday and on Sunday the youth at church surprised her with a cake! Here are some pictures:

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All the girls
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The cookie cake the girls and I made (under supervision)
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The cake the youth surprised her with
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enjoying some cake

Inti Raymi

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Qorikancha

On June 24th Cusco celebrated it’s anniversary.  The entire month they have celebrations and parades.  By the end of the month all the celebration really gets old.  They save the best for last though and on June 24th have a huge parade that starts at 9 a.m. in one location and then moves to two other locations.  Inti Raymi is a reenactment of how the Inca’s celebrated the winter solstice and worshipped the sun god – Inti.  This was the first time that we actually went to see the parade and reenactment and it was all about worshiping a false god.  While it was interesting to see it was sad to know how many died centuries ago without knowing the true God and how many now still do not know the one, true God.

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warriors
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The Queen
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El Inca – Pachacutec