Greetings from Stuttgart. Yesterday was a crazy day. I decided to make cinnamon twists for all the elders in our zone. We had a three hour zone training meeting scheduled for 1-4:00. I knew we would have to get an early start so we got to the institute about 11:30. It's hard cooking in a new kitchen when you don't know where things are or if they even have what you need. But I got the dough mixed by 12:45 and set it out to rise. The building was cold so I knew it would take a long time. Then I was asked to play the piano for the meeting. I had to make sure I could play the songs they chose and then practice them a few times. When we took a break about 2:15 the dough was ready to roll out.
Their cookie sheets here are sort of like broiler pans in our ovens without the top portion. They actually slide in the oven as a rack would. By the time I got 50 cinnamon twists set to rise I decided to make the glaze so it would be ready. My intentions of getting back up to the meeting never worked out. By 3:15 or so I had to start baking the rolls and even with 2 ovens, it took till 4:00 to get them all baked. In fact I left the last pan cooking while I raced up to play the closing song(this is a three story chapel and the meetings were on the third floor) . Anyway, 24 missionaries devoured those rolls in about 5 min. Then we took pictures of our district because tomorrow(Thurs.) is transfer day.
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| Elders in our district |
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| Sisters in thour zone |
By 4:30 we were in a meeting with Stefan and at 5:30 the JAEs started to arrive for institute. We had purchased food earlier in the morning for them to make sandwiches in an electric sandwich maker. The ward Relief Societies used to cook for them on institute night, but it is hard to cook for 5-35 people. They never knew how many would. Be there to eat. Then we had institute from 7-8:45. And then more of the young adults came to the kitchen to eat. By 10:30 we finally had the kitchen clean and were on our way home. Tuesday's are just a marathon. It's a little busier than I like to be but so far our bodies haven't given out.
Anyway, all Is good in Stuttgart. Becky and Steve will be here tomorrow night and leave on Friday afternoon. It will be great to see them. Andrew left today for the US and Miriam flies out tonight or tomorrow with the children on "space available" on a military transport plane. Andrew must fly on a commercial plane. Military regulations!
President Monson Will be in Munich the end of this month. Pres. Miles really had to fight for them but he got tickets for all the missionaries in the Munich, Stuttgart and one other zone for the meeting. We will probably be required to take the train. It would be nice if we could have driven the car and we could have seen some sights along the way. I'm sure we will have time to see Munich at another time, though. The missionary work goes on!
Stefan's baptism will be on Saturday morning. Dad has been asked to speak. We have to leave right after and race back to the institute for some training for the Young Adults.
Our love,
Grandma and Grandpa Benson
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