Peiru bakes cookies for the first time!

Peiru baked oat and raisins cookies for the first time and it was very delicious! Thank God for Peiru who tried baking cakes and cookies recently. She also tried a few new dishes like drunken chicken in beer and steamed fish in sweet sauce. I am so priviledged and grateful to have a wife who cooks and bakes well! :)

Oat and raisins cookies

Drunken chicken in beer

My favourite transportation in Quito

Thank God for the cycling system in Quito. It was $26 per year but it was just annouced to be free  from last month onwards. I signed up in Nov and have been cycling to work since then. It is faster and I enjoy cycling. Peiru and I cycle at the Carolina Park too. It is great exercise! :)

Cycling in Quito

Live session with Bill Hybels

It was a a divine appointment that Ps Jeff, Timothy Yeo, Shawn, Peiru and I get to attend a live training session with Bill Hybels in Quito. I have read Bill Hybels' books but this is the first time we get to see him face to face. It is really a rare opportunity to learn about leadership from him. :)

Us at the training session

Bill Hybels in action

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