In the Kitchen

On Thursday, we were organizing the small store we have here and there is a chocolate drink that we sell. It comes in small discs that you cook in the water, but we wanted to get directions from the cooks on how to actually make it. With chocolate in hand, we headed to the kitchen to ask the cooks the measurements. Marta, a woman who has worked with Agua Viva for 12 years, got out the utensils and started whipping up the drink. We only expected them to tell us the amounts, but they were more than pleased to actually make a pitcher of it. We headed out with the pitcher and began serving cups to all the home employees. Not one declined the offer. After we served it to Evy, she told us to make another batch and serve it to the team. We headed back to the kitchen to make another batch. We didn't know that after this trip, we would leave with something much sweeter than a pitcher of chocolate.
While the second batch was brewing, Marta (who kicked Sophie's dad out of the kitchen from an earlier blog!) stopped her cooking and sat down with us. We began to talk about her experiences, cooking, children, and life. It was such a moment to treasure. It was one of those moments that we would not have been possible if we weren't living here. A sweet moment of encouragement, with a sister in Christ, that we would have missed if we hadn't obeyed the Lord's call to come to Guatemala. We walked out of that kitchen with a full pitcher and full hearts.