One of the harder things to get here is dairy products. I haven’t drunk a glass of milk since I left the US. I miss milk. I miss cheese. I miss sour cream. I don’t miss yogurt. (For some reason, I just do not like yogurt. I have tried and tried. It must be a texture thing because I like frozen yogurt fine.) But, earlier this week we got what ranks as an early Christmas present—we got CHEESE!!!
On Thursday, I opened the fridge and saw what looked like cheese. I ran to find Sam. She was just as excited as I was. We ate at the Loeschers’ for dinner and had tacos, with CHEESE!! Today, we made pizza, with CHEESE!! Yeah, it’s just a little bit exciting!
Today was also a great day in that we got our oven fixed. This morning, Sam and I attempted to light the stove. Yes, it took two of us to do the task. And it’s a good thing I decided to use a lighter instead of a match this time. When we lit the burner, the flame burst out of the burner and ran down the side of the stove. (Did you catch that—it went down the side of the stove!) Thankfully someone came by to check out our stove. Apparently our regulator was not working, so too much gas was being sent to the stove. God was definitely watching out for us. We were able to figure out the problem before anything terrible happened.
Tomorrow the presidential elections will take place. We are having church at 7 a.m. in order to allow the church members time to vote and to ensure that everyone is home before most people get out to vote. Please pray for peace and safety.
