Enchiladas

Friday was another lovely spring day, although it did end up raining a bit. In the morning, I walked up to Todis to get some tortillas and some plain Greek yogurt (Metro was out of sour cream last time) for the enchiladas for Friday night dinner. Dee walked over to a local Chinese store and got a couple of things. 

In the afternoon at the Institute, I did a little bit of final prep for my lessons, while Dee started making enchiladas.

 

 

There were three pans worth, holding 32 enchiladas. She forgot that our oven isn't quite wide enough (only 60cm, or about 24 inches) to hold all of them at once, so she ended up cooking them in two batches, which worked out ok. I sent out a photo of the enchiladas on WhatsApp to advertise the dinner and hopefully increase attendance😋😀

It being Good Friday, the schools were out, but we happily had nine kids again for Seminary Doctrinal Mastery class. We talked about the temple dedication announcement, and I had them pick a scripture at random and then figure out how to apply it to the temple. After that we had a spirited round of bingo, with them giving the clues (so they had to look up the scripture), followed by a wonderful cookie spread made by my wife. It had cream cheese, marshmallow, nuts, chocolate chips and Nutella, which they spread on the little cookies. It was a new and yummy experience for them!

 

Gabriele had wanted some cheddar cheese, so we bought him a big block at Metro last week. We know of no other place to find it here at such a good price. Last night he paid for it and was quite delighted to pick it up:

 

Our 7pm Book of Mormon class was quite reverent this time. I'm not quite sure why, but it was nice to have some really good discussion with everyone listening. We covered 3 Nephi 18-22, applying some of the stuff to the upcoming temple dedication and the chance they will have to serve and participate, as well as discussing the sacrament and how to get more out of it. There were some very good and thoughtful comments.

For dinner, my wife also prepared a carrot salad with raisins and some Spanish rice for the dinner, as well as a different cookie spread (without Nutella this time), so there was quite an offering. She was on her feet all day, but she really enjoyed the cooking and got lots of rave reviews. It was the first time she had ever made enchiladas, and a new taste for some of the kids.

 

 

 

 

My wife learned that Dario's mom (he is on the lower right of the photo above) is now in hospice; she's too weak to do chemo anymore. So when he asked for thirds on the enchiladas, Dee just gave him some. He is a great kid with a tough situation. We got home a bit late, after a lot of dish washing and some general cleanup, but the party was still going strong there. My wife's feet were killing her from seven hours in the kitchen, despite comfortable shoes. I got a nice email from Eric, a long-time friend from Richmond, saying how much he enjoys our blog. It's good to record these memories for the future, to help us recall how blessed we are to serve.