The Mission Continues...

[DWinMadison]

So, I drove to Birmingham last weekend to teach my 81-year-old mom and her Thailand mission team buddies how to make soap. So they could take these skills to Thai villages In November. I emphasized in great detail about proper protective equipment, lye safety and careful measuring. They have tremendous potential to share the love of Christ in tangible and practical ways. Still, I have the strangest feeling that I've just given a room full of toddlers a loaded revolver. I see an international incident in our future.

 

[Jstar]

Saying a prayer for your mom and her buddies..the Lord will take care of them and they'll have a blast

 

[DWinMadison]

She actually called me this afternoon. They made their first batch of soap "solo." Oh yeah, she's addicted! ...and all fingers and eyes are accounted for!

 

[lionprincess00]

G-d bless them all! Reiterate the safety things, let the stress go...., and may blessings be upon them for their dedication for their missions.

 

[LunaSkye]

So, I drove to Birmingham last weekend to teach my 81-year-old mom and her Thailand mission team buddies how to make soap. So they could take these skills to Thai villages In November. I emphasized in great detail about proper protective equipment, lye safety and careful measuring. They have tremendous potential to share the love of Christ in tangible and practical ways. Still, I have the strangest feeling that I've just given a room full of toddlers a loaded revolver. I see an international incident in our future.

I'm betting that they will be fine as long as they have a handout to remind them of how to safely make soap.

edit: I just read your update. I suppose that revolver you left was the knowledge you dropped and we all know what happens when a toddler gets hooked onto something new... God bless them.

 

[Ellacho]

Wow! May God be with your mom and her team! Praise the Lord!

 

[DWinMadison]

I'm betting that they will be fine as long as they have a handout to remind them of how to safely make soap.

edit: I just read your update. I suppose that revolver you left was the knowledge you dropped and we all know what happens when a toddler gets hooked onto something new... God bless them.

Yep, My mom is a wonderful country cook..."bit of this, pinch of that." I keep stressing to her that lye/oil calcs are not the time for improvising. She and her friends made their first solo batch Friday and cut it yesterday. Came off without a hitch!

 

[goji_fries]

Yep, My mom is a wonderful country cook..."bit of this, pinch of that." I keep stressing to her that lye/oil calcs are not the time for improvising. She and her friends made their first solo batch Friday and cut it yesterday. Came off without a hitch!

The real tradeoff is your soap recipes for her food recipes.. then post them here...

 

[DWinMadison]

The real tradeoff is your soap recipes for her food recipes.. then post them here...

Believe it or not the "secret family recipe" is a dish we call "sauerkraut pork and dumplings." It's quite delicious, but definitely an acquired taste.

 

[snappyllama]

Believe it or not the "secret family recipe" is a dish we call "sauerkraut pork and dumplings." It's quite delicious, but definitely an acquired taste.

Wait... is it spare ribs, sauerkraut and spaetzle? I believe your family has stolen MY family recipe!

 

[cmzaha]

Believe it or not the "secret family recipe" is a dish we call "sauerkraut pork and dumplings." It's quite delicious, but definitely an acquired taste.

Good for your mom! Love to meet people like her that cook authentic dishes, and I love ethnic foods. I learned to cook a lot of Armenian and Romanian dishes while my inlaws were still alive. But one I never bothered to learn to make was made with dumplings, onions, potatoes, bacon fat and lots of paprika. Was like eating a brick. I never could eat that one and refused to ever cook it. Actually the flavor was not bad if you like to eat bricks.:crazy:

 

[The Efficacious Gentleman]

I had Sauerkraut with dumplings this weekend up a mountain spetzle I had last week. Oh, the joys of living in Austria



God bless their mission

 

[snappyllama]

Oh, it looks like Colorado - except your mountains are spikier!

You've got us beat on food though.

 

[DWinMadison]

Wait... is it spare ribs, sauerkraut and spaetzle? I believe your family has stolen MY family recipe!

Nope...close though, no doubt. Mom uses a pork roast. Other than the kraut it's a lot like chicken and dumplings. But we digress.

 

[Jstar]

I had Sauerkraut with dumplings this weekend up a mountain spetzle I had last week. Oh, the joys of living in Austria

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God bless their mission

Ohhh! Now if I could just get a house sitting right where you took that pic..what a beautiful view that would be sitting on the front porch!

 

[IrishLass]

No kidding, Jani! What a blessing it would be to be able see such an awesome view like that everyday (or even once a year)!

I'm sure that I would keep expecting to see Julie Andrews come running out of the forest and up the hills singing at the top of her lungs. lol

IrishLass