Last night, we had a blast at our
Peña Boliviana at
Immanuel Baptist Church (Thank you for hosting)
! We were so blessed to have so many friends and family there! We wanted to take moment to tell you about how we ended our 2013! Click all the links for videos, more pics, and recipes!
Upon arrival, everyone was greeted with a gift (
Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan), a
program, and pictures of Bolivia on the entrance door. Melanie, Ashley's sister (left), made an excellent greeter. As guests signed in, they placed their names in a drawing for some excellent Bolivian door prizes: llama pens, alpaca wool hat, llama wool handmade duffle bag, and more. We even gave out some great canvas totes, thanks to Julie May of
Menu Musings food blog.
Julie was kind enough, along with her great family, to cook all the food for our event. Our delicious Bolivian Silpancho over rice and caramelized potatoes with an egg over easy and salsa was a complete hit. Everyone LOVED it! You can even
get the recipe at Julie's food blog, just type "silpancho" in the search box. We capped the meal off with an amazing
Bananas Foster, which is also on Julie's site.
Along with our terrific meal, we had a great performance from Bridge, the worship band from
The Grove Church. Guests learned a bit about Bolivian culture through some clips from
Bizzare Foods and
House Hunters International. Seth shared about our Peña experience in La Paz and helped everyone to understand what a Peña is (click the program link above for more info). And, we also watched a
hilarious music video featuring Bolivian pan flutes.
Joe Holman (missionary to Bolivia) also provided a great video welcoming us to their ministry team in Bolivia and endorsing us for sponsorship (
watch it). We were truly blessed by the evening. Here are some more pics of our Peña Boliviana Missions Dinner! Have an amazing 2014! We can't wait to see where God takes us on this journey this year in
Cochabamba!
Pray for us!
Upon arrival, everyone was greeted with a gift (Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan), a program, and pictures of Bolivia on the entrance door. Melanie, Ashley's sister (left), made an excellent greeter. As guests signed in, they placed their names in a drawing for some excellent Bolivian door prizes: llama pens, alpaca wool hat, llama wool handmade duffle bag, and more. We even gave out some great canvas totes, thanks to Julie May of Menu Musings food blog.
Julie was kind enough, along with her great family, to cook all the food for our event. Our delicious Bolivian Silpancho over rice and caramelized potatoes with an egg over easy and salsa was a complete hit. Everyone LOVED it! You can even get the recipe at Julie's food blog, just type "silpancho" in the search box. We capped the meal off with an amazing Bananas Foster, which is also on Julie's site.
Along with our terrific meal, we had a great performance from Bridge, the worship band from The Grove Church. Guests learned a bit about Bolivian culture through some clips from Bizzare Foods and House Hunters International. Seth shared about our Peña experience in La Paz and helped everyone to understand what a Peña is (click the program link above for more info). And, we also watched a hilarious music video featuring Bolivian pan flutes. Joe Holman (missionary to Bolivia) also provided a great video welcoming us to their ministry team in Bolivia and endorsing us for sponsorship (watch it). We were truly blessed by the evening. Here are some more pics of our Peña Boliviana Missions Dinner! Have an amazing 2014! We can't wait to see where God takes us on this journey this year in Cochabamba! Pray for us!
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