We had some mirrors and lights installed in our apartment this past week. We are happy to have mirrors and lights over the bathroom sinks.
The mirrors and lights make shaving for Elder Tiefenbach and make-up application for Sister Tiefenbach much easier. We were also able to get another light in the kitchen. Previously, the only light was hidden behind the valence of the cupboards. This light is above the kitchen sink.
We baked a chocolate cake for our weekly district missionary meeting. The missionaries loved it. The sugar is different here - it is far coarser, which made creaming the butter, sugar, and eggs interesting, especially without an electric mixer. Needless to say, the results were not the same. Also, the power went out half way through baking the first pan. We can only cook one pan at a time because we have a microwave/convection oven combination. We left the one cake in the oven and put the uncooked one in the fridge. About four hours later, after the power came back on, we decided to try to finish baking the first cake. Surprisingly, the cake rose again. I didn't think it would do that, but I thought it was worth a shot. We should have taken a picture of the cakes, but we didn't think of it. We will get used to taking more pictures to document our activities. For the week coming up, we plan to make chocolate chip cookies for the district meeting. I found some sugar at a different store that is not quiet as coarse, but it is still coarser than the kind we buy in Canada. We had a difficult time finding a pan that I could use for baking the cookies. The only thing that we found was something that looks like a non-stick pie plate.
I get the same response from all the stores whenever I ask if they have any metal baking pans. They don't know what I am talking about.
We had a wonderful experience visiting with some teenage boys at the Families for Children Orphanage. They have been learning English, and we were there for them to practice the things they had learned. School vacation is occurring right now in India, so these boys were involved in what they call "summer camp." It is not a boy scout type of camp; it is a learning camp. They seem to really like learning. We wonder how many teen-aged boys in Canada would consider spending their summer vacation learning another language. The boys loved having us there. We hope to go back again. Possibly, we can get some pictures together and teach them some things about Canada.
We haven't taken any pictures while we were at the orphanage because they don't allow pictures to be taken; however, we were able to get a picture of some "kids" on our way back.
Our Saturday was spent at a Family History Consultant Training meeting. Sister Tiefenbach gave a one hour presentation at the meeting. We had mature women, teenagers, and one mature man attend the meeting.
Today, in addition to attending two sets of church meetings, we attended a baptism. The brother dressed in white baptized his sister (dressed in white). We left our apartment at 9:30 in the morning and returned shortly after 6:30 p.m. We stayed late after all the meetings were over to assiste several of the young adults open an account for the church's family history program that they will need for the conference next week-end.The day was very rewarding.
The mirrors and lights make shaving for Elder Tiefenbach and make-up application for Sister Tiefenbach much easier. We were also able to get another light in the kitchen. Previously, the only light was hidden behind the valence of the cupboards. This light is above the kitchen sink.
We baked a chocolate cake for our weekly district missionary meeting. The missionaries loved it. The sugar is different here - it is far coarser, which made creaming the butter, sugar, and eggs interesting, especially without an electric mixer. Needless to say, the results were not the same. Also, the power went out half way through baking the first pan. We can only cook one pan at a time because we have a microwave/convection oven combination. We left the one cake in the oven and put the uncooked one in the fridge. About four hours later, after the power came back on, we decided to try to finish baking the first cake. Surprisingly, the cake rose again. I didn't think it would do that, but I thought it was worth a shot. We should have taken a picture of the cakes, but we didn't think of it. We will get used to taking more pictures to document our activities. For the week coming up, we plan to make chocolate chip cookies for the district meeting. I found some sugar at a different store that is not quiet as coarse, but it is still coarser than the kind we buy in Canada. We had a difficult time finding a pan that I could use for baking the cookies. The only thing that we found was something that looks like a non-stick pie plate.
I get the same response from all the stores whenever I ask if they have any metal baking pans. They don't know what I am talking about.
We had a wonderful experience visiting with some teenage boys at the Families for Children Orphanage. They have been learning English, and we were there for them to practice the things they had learned. School vacation is occurring right now in India, so these boys were involved in what they call "summer camp." It is not a boy scout type of camp; it is a learning camp. They seem to really like learning. We wonder how many teen-aged boys in Canada would consider spending their summer vacation learning another language. The boys loved having us there. We hope to go back again. Possibly, we can get some pictures together and teach them some things about Canada.
We haven't taken any pictures while we were at the orphanage because they don't allow pictures to be taken; however, we were able to get a picture of some "kids" on our way back.
Our Saturday was spent at a Family History Consultant Training meeting. Sister Tiefenbach gave a one hour presentation at the meeting. We had mature women, teenagers, and one mature man attend the meeting.
We all went to a restaurant for lunch, and the women who attended the meeting took very good care of us at the restaurant, making sure that we could have a good experience with Indian food (i.e., they ordered for us so we could be sure that we didn't get spicey food.) We had butter pannier (not sure of spelling). It is the same sauce as butter chicken, but instead of chicken, it had some kind of cheese chunks. We also had naan bread with it. It was very tastey.
Today, in addition to attending two sets of church meetings, we attended a baptism. The brother dressed in white baptized his sister (dressed in white). We left our apartment at 9:30 in the morning and returned shortly after 6:30 p.m. We stayed late after all the meetings were over to assiste several of the young adults open an account for the church's family history program that they will need for the conference next week-end.The day was very rewarding.
We are excited about going to Hyderabad on Wednesday for the all India Young Single Adult Conference (single adults ages 18/19 - 31). Elder and Sister Tiefenbach will be going prior to the confernece to help get things ready for the arrival of the young adults. We will be helping with the family history computer center, as well as whatever other assignments that we will be given.
I especially liked the photo of "the kids"
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