Let's cook...

We had our monthly women's meeting on Saturday and as usual, it was an eye opener for me.  I had decided to give a small lesson on being diligent and obedient in following the Lord's council.  I wanted each sister to write down one goal to work one for the next month.  We put them in a box and will read them next month.  All of the sudden as these 10 women were sitting there staring at me, I realized that four of them couldn't write down the goal!  I am a slow learner about cultural challenges to lessons here.  I quickly brought in two Elders to help with the project and we went forward.  At least they could all write their names on the outside of the paper.
I had asked Elder McCullough and Elder Petersen to teach the sisters how to make "apas" or flour tortillas, which they are masters at. The sisters loved it.  They had fun learning how to "feel" if the dough was perfect and rolling it out on the table.  Then we cooked some outside over the charcoal grill and some over the gas stove.  We put butter and a cinnamon/sugar mix on them, which made them perfect.  Of course, as I rolled them up and handed them to the women, they let all the sugar fall out all over the floor. Oh my, the ants, just loved it!!!  I found paper towels to solve the problem.  Then we loaded up people in the truck for a ride home in the dark, which is always a death defying adventure.  It was a "homemaking" meeting that would have made any Relief Society president proud.


Apas are a favorite with the Elders as we make chicken burritos out of them all the time



Elder Petersen, master chef.



Lurdes, shown here is a great new investigator who works as a health
inspector for the hospitals.  She is wonderful and LOVES the Elders.



The Elders bought them giant cake that looked like a Bible
for themselves to celebrate going home.  We ate it for
two nights and still didn't make much headway.



Macedo was waiting for his wife, so he was happy to ride with the ladies.

Elder McCullough's sweet mother had made little wall hangings with phrases like "Love
at Home" in Portuguese.  The ladies really went nuts over them.  They were a huge success.