Sunday Peops...this is for you!

Sunday pe-ops...this one is for you. You know who you are and we love you and miss you!

Sundays are the best.  For the last year or two we have spent Sundays the way I believe they were intended to be, relaxing and enjoying the company of others. We spent almost every Sunday with friends, family and anyone that wanted to join us in hanging out and eating. We would go to church, come home (Tovar's house), make lunch and hang out. Lunch would be the big event. We loved pulling out all the stops, whether it was fresh made pasta or ravioli we really made an effort to make this the best meal we would have all week. We loved sharing a table with so many people.

Sunday's are one of the things I miss most about being in the states. I love that Sunday lunch fun continues on without us...whether it's building a chicken coup or just hanging out, we miss not being a part of it but are grateful to have our Face time with everyone each week and are so happy to know it continues on.

Since we have been here in Arequipa, ya know...all two weeks, we have been blessed to have our own big Sunday dinners here. Last week we all spent time together celebrating Eli's birthday while grilling out and enjoying time with the neighbor. What an incredible women she is and we truly believe the Lord has brought her into our lives for a reason. This week we spent lunch and the afternoon with 17 family members and the neighbor joined us again...what a blast and the meal was AMAZING!!!! We had a traditional Arequipa meal which included Chicarone, Rocoto relleno (stuff spicy pepper), potatoes with cheese and so on. Seriously, unbelievable. I had such a great time getting to know family here and hanging out.

Traditional meal. Unbelievable.

Isn't that what its all about?!?!?! Enjoying life together! Sharing a table. These past two Sundays have been proof to me that the Lord knows what we need. Always. Sunday lunch wasn't even on my "list" of things that I was talking to the Lord about, but it would have been a void I would have realized far to late.

If you haven't tried it yet, I challenge you to try sharing a meal with friends and family at least once a week. Your life will change. Your view on community will change. Your realization of how much we need one another for discipleship, accountability and growth will expand. You will become a different person.

12 disciples. One table. The Lord set the example.