World Cup 2014 here we come!

Watched the match between Ecuador and Uruguay in our house with Shawn, Shufeng and Trung. We won 1-0! That means we will most likely enter World Cup 2014 as we are in third place in the South America table with only one match left. The top 4 teams in South America will enter World Cup in Brazil next year. Looks like there will be many evangelistic soccer events in 2014! :)

Our victory cry after Ecuador won 1-0 over Uruguay!

Our favourite breakfast in Quito

This is our favourite breakfast from the Korean restaurant. Bread with beef inside, 2 fried eggs and unlimited coffee. Only $2.90! :) Sometimes we do our devotions at the Korean restaurant as the owners are Christians and they play worship music in the morning. I think we will miss doing devotions with this breakfast when we go back to Singapore in the future.

Korean breakfast set at $2.90

Treasures on earth

Peiru, Shawn and I found a second hand English book store in Mariscal area and we bought a number of books together. There is a variety of books and we were surprised to find a section on Christian literatures. It is really difficult to find English books in Quito so we are happy to find a bookstore that sells second hand English books. The price of the books are reasonable too! :)

Lighted word "Books" from outside the bookstore

Shelves of books to choose from

I am currently reading a book bought from this bookstore called "Just like Jesus" by Max Lucado. It is really a good book about the heart of Jesus. I am also reading a classic "The Cost of Discipleship" by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. I bought it from Amazon.com. The English is rather difficult but the content is very rich. Thank God for books which help us to know Him more. They are indeed treasures on earth! :)

Gold for IPPT

If you have read my earlier post, you would have known that I had been training for my IPPT in Ecuador. I visited Singapore for 2 weeks in July and took the army fitness test. Thank God for the training in Quito, I have got full points for all the stations in my fitness test and ran 2.4km under 10min. The thinner Quito air in the high altitude of 2,800m above sea level surely helped me to be stronger and faster. Below is the summary of the results:

My IPPT results

Alfredo Seafood Pasta

This was one of the rare times I cooked. Surprisely it turned out quite nice. I cooked the sauce with prawns, mussels and green beans, then poured it over the pasta. A simple tasty dinner and my wife liked it too! :)

Alfredo Seafood Pasta

Hope kids outing

Thank God for my wife and Karina who brought the Hope Kids for movie and lunch at KFC. It was a great bonding time together! :)

Lunch at KFC

Children's Day and my birthday celebration

We had Children's Day and my birthday celebration after service last Sunday. Below is a photo of the children in church and I after service:

                                                The children and I with the cake! :)