Food glorious food

We rose early this morning to head out to the Ferria (produce market) to get our weekly supply of fruits and veggies. A few blogs ago I complained about the price of food, so I think I will take the liberty to brag about the cheap prices at the market. It is winter so the prices will go down even lower in the summertime (Decemberish, I think). We bought about 25 bananas for .50 cents and a pineapple for .30 cents. Everything else was super cheap as well, but those particular items were a ridiculous bargain. Needless to say, we have been eating a lot of bananas and pineapples. We are spending about $10-$15 a week in produce which would cost us $30-$40 in St. Cloud.

We found a store down the street that the nationals do their shopping at. If we try to eat like locals and not like Americans, our grocery budget will be totally reasonable. Did I mention there is a place across the street that sells roasted chickens? They pull it right out of the fire-roasted rotisserie. It is double the size of a wal-mart chicken for about $4.50. So yummy! We are eating loads of chicken...chicken and rice, chicken quesadillas, chicken salad and roasted chicken.

The bakery across the street makes awesome donuts. They are very cheap, too. Here is a picture of one of the donuts we had for breakfast. It was so delicious I just had to post it. We'll take you to get one if you'll come visit us.

I am also attaching some pictures of our trip to the grocery store. Since we have to walk we have a little cart that holds all of our groceries. We were quite the spectacle trying to maneuver it up the hill today. It's not a bother, but VERY different than our posh life in the U.S. Avery slept through most of our trip. As you can see, her new favorite place is on daddy's back.

We have been here 2 weeks and 1 day and feel very much like this is home. On Monday I will take some pictures of our bare footing class so you can meet the other missionaries we are spending our time with. We have been with them since Virginia and we are all between the ages of 30-34. They have been a huge blessing and make us laugh A LOT. And, we love to eat together.