Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Turkey ordered, FHE feast

In the morning we ran around to several local supermarkets (Coop, EmmePiu) looking for whole turkeys, to no avail. So we went back to the butcher and ordered one, to be picked up Thursday. It's expensive, but it'll be fun for these kids to see what an American Thanksgiving meal is like. The fixings are coming together. My wife finally decided that the poultry she bought over the weekend was indeed chicken, not turkey, so we'll keep it frozen and use it for future dishes.

My wife walked from the Institute to find some local stores where they had jewelry pieces that she will use to fix a necklace (for one of the sister missionaries living below us). She found a bunch of the little brass rings she needed for under one euro, and she already has her jewelry tools from home, one of her many craft skills.

The afternoon was very slow, with no kids coming in, so we prepared for upcoming lessons and talks. Things picked up as FHE approached. My wife gave a nice lesson using some things from Marilyn Faulkner's book on the Book of Mormon, about how to prepare before we ask for things in prayer. Then we had cinnamon rolls (from Ikea) and finished off the casserole from last night. Several of the GANS, including the Ganziani, were really excited about having so much food! There was one extra cinnamon roll left, so we played a game of Uno for it, and Anziano Waddell won.

We got home a few minutes earlier than usual. It was fairly cold today, and I wore my new heavy jacket, which worked quite well. My cough has been fairly subdued all day, but still isn't gone.