At this table is Laura Boyce with the green vest, Dan Strebig on the left with his kids, Elizabeth, Raquel and Kathern. And on the far right in the blue is Bev Smith.
On the left is Tom, Peter and Janine Throssel. In the pink with the long hair is Dana Wilson, on the right is Toni Mercado, and on the left is Beth HAuse. 
This picture is of one of the members of the Arrowhead Ranch team and the bus driver.
This was a kids table. On the left is Steven HAuse, then Philip Throssel, Pablito HAuse, a member from the Arrowhead Ranch team, Benji Smith, and then two more girls from the team.
On the left is Elliott Tait, in the back are members of the Arrowhead Ranch team, and on the right in the stripped shirt is Paul Kienzle.
Whoops! This is a duplicate photo and I don't know how to delete. 
At this table was Pastor Cody on the left in the rear, Nate on the left, Erica Kienzle in the front and Rachel Kienzle back next to Cody, Nick Smith on the right of her, Becka Kienzle to his right and Jose Mercado on the far right.
This is the meal we ate. It was called, "the head of John the Baptist." It was suppose to be round, but as you can see it is flat. It was a piece of chicken with rice, a boiled egg and a ripe olive all rolled up in a ball and wrapped in banana leaves. Then it is boiled. To be honest...... I'll pass next time......
This not a very good picture, but this is what it looked like after you take the banana leaves off. No....... you don't eat the banana leaves.
As is the custom, every Wednesday afternoon about 4:00 pm all the South America Mission missionaries, and also "Friends of SAM," (a few missionaries that don't have mission boards here), get together for prayer and fellowship followed by a communal meal. A couple of weeks ago someone, said that we never do anything fun together. Right away a discussion started as to what could we do that was fun. A plan was put into action and it was decided that the following week we would be having our prayer and fellowship at the SAM hanger, (that is our little airport), and it would be a game night with wiffle ball, game boards, a time of fellowship would be led by a visiting team from Arrowhead Ranch in Wisconsin, and for our meal we would hire a caterer to make a special dish, "John the Baptist Heads," for everyone to eat. Everyone was suppose to bring something to share. The plan was in motion and everyone was excited about doing something different for a change. Unfortunately...... the weather did not cooperate and it rained all day. Since the grounds around the hanger were so wet it was decided to move our meeting once again to the SAM base but to continue with our "fun" theme. Board games were played for about an hour, we sang songs, and our time of fellowship and prayer was led by Pastor Cody from Arrowhead Ranch. The "heads of John the Baptist were ........ well lets just say they were interesting. It is a Peruvian dish made up of a piece of chicken with rice, a boiled egg and an olive, made into a ball and then wrapped in banana leaves and boiled until done. I will be including pictures of the meal....... although the round head ended up being more flat. Personally, I am glad I tried it, but I don't care whether I ever have it again. Everyone had a good time, so that was what was important. We hope to have more fun nights in the future.
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