Food, glorious food

We went shopping at Lidl in the morning to get a bunch of stuff for home and for Thanksgiving. Then we went in to the Institute for Taco Tuesday.

A former missionary who had served in Rome, Anziano Kelly, showed up with his mom to see Jayno and Jomar. Jayno's mom had prepared a bunch of wonderful Philippino food (rice,  chicken, vegetables), so everyone had plenty to eat.

Afterward, my wife wanted to make a trial batch of a stuffing recipe with sausage, so she spent much of the afternoon preparing it. It turned out quite well, and everyone finished it off quickly. The trial was a success!

Alessio, who is a pizza maker by trade, then brought in some flour and stuff to make zeppole, which are kinda like donuts, covered with sugar or chocolate powder or Nutella:

They were wickedly delicious. We ate really well at the Institute today! All healthy, of course 😋. Sometimes it feels like we are on a culinary mission here -- life is tough.

I ended up teaching the advanced English class again and enjoyed it. There were five guys in the class, and one of them started asking me about how I knew there was a God, and whether science precluded belief. We had a very nice philosophical/religious discussion, in which I explained my beliefs and the church's position on science (hint: we're all for it!). Normally the English class isn't really about religion, but they were asking all the questions. Everyone contributed to the conversation and I think they enjoyed it too.