Theme of the Week: Pizza

From the www.theonion.com

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I realized something last night about this week that made me seriously question my better judgment about food this week; but then to throw better nutritional judgment out the window in appreciation of the more important things in life- The people I care about.

Are you ready for my realization? Here it comes:

I have eaten pizza every single Day this week. No joke. Everyday.

No skipping days, no additional nutritional supplements.

Only Pizza for lunch or Dinner every day this week, Monday through Thursday.

(Today is still Friday, and the chance of pizza still is looming)

Ok first of all....I have no excuse. I didn't even realize it until last night exactly how much pizza I had consumed. It wasn't necessarily my idea to get pizza all those times, but I will give you a run down about why I ate so much pizza, and why the people I ate the pizza with are much more imporant that the fact that pizza is now it's own food group in Gillian's Food Pyramid.

Monday- 9pm Pizza Hut (at the restaurant) When I first came to Trujillo, one of the families that I was closest with was the pastors family of my church. Pastor Ricardo, and his wife Dany and two daughters Dorothy and Martita and I plus a few other people always ate lunch together on Fridays in their home. I call them my Peruvian parents and they treated me like a daughter. Really incredible people, and it was hard to say goodbye to them when they moved to a small mountain community last year to help with the church there. But it was a very special treat monday to eat dinner with Dany, Dorothy, and Martita again when they came to visit Trujillo for few days. I loved every second.

Tuesday- 12:00pm Papa Johns (at SALI). Every Tuesday for lunch, all of the interns that work for Peru mission gather to have lunch and to share a time of discussion about different topics of ministry and spend some time in the Word. This week, we were talking about many different topics related to world views and our role in our culture today. Much too philosophical for this blogger to re-hash, but a fun a...lively discussion in any case.

Wednesday- 9pm Pizza Hut (my house). After rehearsing for a wedding that I and a few friends are playing for tonight, we got the phone call from the roomies that pizza was on it's way to our house and to hurry home so we could hang out with everyone. It. Was. So. Fun. We had about 10 of us or so and while we were waiting for the pizza, a few people, grabbed the guitar to give us a little background noise and our friend Ivan started up an alphabet game. In a circle, one person names a song or singer or band, and the next person has to think of a new song or singer or band that begins with the last letter of the first person's word. So for example I say Stevie Wonder- and then next person must think of someone or a song that begins with R. It's a lot of fun, and as we were playing with Peruvians and Gringos, that left a lot of room for accusations about who was making up names and songs and was just a lot of fun all the way around. We didn't even hear when the pizza actually arrived. But arrive it did, and eaten it was.

Thursday- 9pm Papa Johns (Ronald's House) I can't tell you exactly how much the Serrano Moreno family means to me. Ronald is the violinist I work with in Porvenir, and his family means the world to me. His wife Tatiana is amazing and quite pregnant with their fourth child. Branco, the oldest son at 16 is just a cool kid altogether and was my student for at least 4 or 5 months in SALI. Giacomo, 11, was named for Puccini and is always the life of the party, and is one of my cello students as well who has an amazing ear for music. Elsie Michaela is 2 years old and 4 months, and has a sense of rhythm that some people never have. she owns the worlds smallest violin and can play different rhythms on it. Ronald also made her a cello by taking an old full size violin, putting in an end pin, and changing the strings. She is currently enamored with her cello. In my opinion, she could be a prodigy. I try to go to their house alot...usually once a week, and we always have a great time laughing, playing music, and generally just being a family. Last night, one of our new interns Patty who is also a violinist came with us too, and was immediately adopted into this wonderful home.

So you see, Pizza everyday is gross, but pizza everyday with people you love is irreplaceable.