Elder Griotti, one of the zone leaders of the Madrid South zone, asked me if their zone could come to the mission home for a Preparation-Day. Naturally, I said yes. A couple of days later, he called and asked if they could invite the Madrid East zone. Naturally, I said yes. A few days after that he called again and asked if the Cuatro Caminos zone could come, too. Naturally, I gulped and said yes That added up to 58 missionaries!
Mireya, our housekeeper, boiled about ten pounds of potatoes and a dozen eggs on Tuesday. Then Wed. morning I made potato salad, a big cheese cake, and seasoned potato wedges. Hermana Jewell made two huge chocolate cakes and with the help of Hnas. Moulton and Smith, I made about 10 kilos (22 lbs.) of Sloppy Joe meat. I bought 120 hamburger buns!!! They also went through three bags of tortilla chips and two quarts of salsa. The only food left after lunch was a little meat and a few buns. My, those missionaries can eat!
The mission home sits across the street from a public activity center, so the missionaries can play soccer, basketball, or tennis, and we have a pingpong table, croquet game and a piano. Everyone scattered to play for a few hours. We also have some fine pianists in the mission and some really excellent singers, so there was lots of singing and playing, which delighted me no end!
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| Hnas. Bustamante, Perez, Bell, Londono, Long and Sieverts |
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| Standing in dining room: Hna. Bell, the Jewells, E. Knorr and Jensen Sitting on step: E. Iverson, Veintimilla, Otteson, Cardoso Standing and sitting against glass doors: E. Hoskins and Araya |
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| Five Hermanas back to front: Perez, Bustamante, Read, Sieverts, Peterson |
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| Hnas. Moulton and Smith spent several hours helping me shop and frying hamburger! |
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| E.Raiano, Jensen, H.Jewell, E.Cerro, E.Jewell, Hna. Peterson and Hna. Moraza When it was time to eat, EVERYONE was willing to help! Everyone also pitched in to clean up and tidy the house, and everyone contributed 3 euros each to help pay for the meal. (I don't have a budget for feeding missionaries on P-Days!) |
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| After everyone else left, Elders Jackson (far) and Driggs (near) practiced "River Barn Dance" duet for the Alcobendas Ward talent show the following Saturday. (They were a hit!!) It was an exhausting, but very fun day! These missionaries are wonderful!!! (p.s. looking at these pictures has convinced me I need a better camera!) |
Oh River Barn Dance! I miss that music. What a whole lot of people in that first picture!! Looks like fun! Glad you're getting the hang of blogging :)
ReplyDeleteMy son, Elder Jeppson, just sent me the blog address on P-day. It is going to be great to be able to check it and see what is happening in the Spain, Madrid mission. What a great idea! It sure looks like you had a full house. Elder Jeppson mentioned how fun that day was. :)
ReplyDeleteI remember Kevin's email when he talked about your sloppy joes and especially the potato salad. He was so excited about that meal. Thanks for feeding them.... all of them! :)
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