Mexican Food - Guaranteed Success

It is 12:27 as I begin this blog.  For some reason everyone stayed later than usual.  I love that they like enough there to stay....goodness knows it is not a comfortable place to chill out.  It is a lovely center, but there is not enough room for more than the one couch we have, so everyone sits on the classroom chairs.  And while they are comfortable enough to sit in for an institute lesson or a meeting, they are not the sort of chairs you feel like spending a couple of hours in just visiting with friends.

But people stayed.  We probably had a dozen or more who stayed almost until everyone left around 11:30.  They had a board game going and then there were small pockets of people talking quietly, and one guy sat strumming the guitar.

Poor Tessa was fighting sleep.  She helped me make cookies this morning and then we walked to Fotex to pick up the last few items for dinner.  We had a quick lunch (and couldn't resist playing a game of "Nines" while we ate.  It really is a fun, easy and fast game.

Tessa and I walked to the center - getting there around 4, and began our dinner...taco pileups.  We made a fair amount.  It is a kitchen sink dinner....you can throw all kinds of stuff together with chili and taco seasoning, then serve it on a bed of lettuce and taco chips.  Top it off with diced tomatoes, grated cheddar and sour cream, and voila.....a humble little taco pileup.  I think they enjoyed it.  We served about 25 or so, and many had seconds.  If I had made another gallon or so....I think it would have been eaten.  It was so lovely to have Tessa there to help.

Our lesson tonight was given by Brother Andersen (in Danish).  He is a master teacher.  I struggled hard to understand, and generally knew what he was talking about.  But it is frustrating because I could feel the spirit so strongly, but missed all of the beautiful details of which he spoke.  Fortunately, Sarah, our cute returned missionary from Temple Square translated for Tessa....so she understood all of the lesson.  That made me very happy.

I talked to several of the YSAs who said it was a fantastic lesson.  Brother Andersen asked some excellent questions which elicited some incredible answers.
"What are some of the blessings of having the gospel in your life?"
When he had filled the board with their answers, he spoke for some time on the idea that if all of these blessings are available to those who will pay the price, isn't it worth doing everything possible to be worthy to receive them.  He used Old Testament and New Testament scriptures to help us understand that the Restored Gospel is the fulfillment of prophecy.

It was a great day....relaxing but tiring nonetheless.  Tessa has gone to bed....I hope she sleeps well.  SK and I will be snoozing soon too.