It is 1/2 way through the month and almost Halloween. We
received a message from the MP to not mention Halloween or Thanksgiving to our local
members. Evidently those holidays represent America traditions, so we
keep them to ourselves.
Last year we took the YVsto a
hotel for Thanksgiving. It was a very nice feast. We didn't have an
oven that could cook a turkey if we could even find one. Right now we
have five elders serving here, so it will be more expensive. If you'd
like to contribute to the "feed YVs" fund it would be appreciated.
We will probably repeat the hotel experience The only problem is
that the meal doesn't start until 8:00 PM. I'm ready for bed by then....
but I guess I'll stay awake this time. The only thing that was missing
last year was cranberry sauce. The hotel actually did a very nice job of
other things, and lots more things than I prepare. But there was no
3-bean salad. I'l have to wait until we return for that.
I made cookies this week. I
made M&M cookies from a recipe on the internet. I found a bag of
M&M's and had been saving them until I could gather all the ingredients.
The last item I had to find was baking soda. They do carry it here,
but it is hard to find. The recipe calls for six cookies on a cookie
sheet. Now I know why. They spread out a lot. With my small
oven it took a long time to just bake six at a time. I took 18 to church
with me today. We had 15 in attendance. I usually put the treats
on a table, and let everyone help themselves. But this time I passed them
around, so everyone could get at least one. I've learned I have to do
that with "certain" people. There were 3 left over for about
25 seconds!
Julianne's Face-time alert
awakened me at 2:00 AM, that Cassidy's team won their first game in state. That
was wonderful from a brand new high school. I know that Kara is in Hawaii
with her volleyball team right now. I don't know how any athletes find
any time to study. But I guess their coaches carve out time for such
things. Nashelle is advertising a melodrama in her theater. Next
year we will get to attend performances. Jill is finishing up her Real
Estate class. Shoshauna is scrambling to keep up with her 9 hours of
graduate classes. Spencer got a deer.
Dad and I are doing okay. We
spent 3 days in Istanbul last week, and will probably travel to a couple of
distant cities this week. In between, Dad is working on arranging
everything for the District Conference in two weeks in Istanbul. I'm in
charge of getting someone to do the music. The MP told me whom to call.
She is willing and luckily I can be back-up if needed. I hand-typed
all the words in Turkish to the hymns we'll be singing. It was an ordeal
because the Turkish alphabet is different from ours, and I had to hand-enter by
cutting and pasting the different letters. Some keyboards have the
Turkish alphabet, but mine does not.
We had a loooooong session with the YVson Friday. They
use our apartment for skyping and district meetings. There were about
five meetings on Friday. I provided lunch. One set of YVsis
looking for an apartment. Right now all five are in one apartment.
There is space for five, but evidently cooking their meals is a big
problem. They don't share food, so everyone has to prepare their own
meal. I imagine they eat out a lot. And actually Turkish food is
rather cheap if you eat where the locals do.
I hope you are all doing well.
I know you are all very busy all the time. But hopefully you'll
save some energy so you can help us get in and out of our recliners when
we return.
Love,
Mother
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