One last supper

Bronwyn leaves in a week to move to the states.

Last week she invited a bunch of her buddies over for one last time together.

We were going to grill out but the weather changed and moved the party indoors. So we moved some furniture and put a couple of big tables together and they enjoyed a supper together.

Benay and Bronwyn decided to make fajitas.

If you are reading this and you live in the United States then you probably think Brasilians like spicy food. Brasil=South America=Spicy food. You would be wrong.

Most Brasilians (in our part of the country) can't stand spicy food.

Side story: Our family rented a house in the mountains a few years ago with a Brasilian family.  We went during winter and Benay told them that she would make chili. Knowing that most of our friends don't like spicy stuff she made it very mild. Very mild. The couple had two boys. Neither of them wanted to try it at all. The wife ate about two spoonfuls and didn't eat anymore. The man ate two bowls and then, literally, had to open a window and let cold air hit his face because he was sweating. True story.

Back to last week. So Bronwyn had a good time watching these high school and college kids dip a fingernail in the salsa to taste it and then decide it was too hot. One guy only ate half of a fajita because he said it was too spicy and it might bother his stomach later.

Our family loves spicy food but last week Benay and Bronwyn made the mildest salsa they could make. We laughed later thinking of what they would do if they went with Bronwyn to a Mexican restaurant in Texas.

Another side story:  One time Benay and I went on a date when we lived in Abilene, Texas. We tried out a neat Mexican restaurant. They brought out our chips and salsa and a bowl of ranch dressing. That seemed insane to us that they would bring out ranch dressing. We quickly learned that after you ate the salsa you had to eat the ranch dressing to cool your mouth off. I think that after watching my friend's physical response to the chili, from the first side story, his skin might have melted off his body if he tried that salsa.

We were glad to have all of Bronwyn's friends over one last time before she leaves.

They had a great time, as always, together.

God has really blessed her with lots of good friends here.

Come to think of it, they have blessed our entire family over the years as well.