New Foods; New Fun!
Last Saturday our District (Stake) held a Women's Conference for the Relief Society in the 4 branches here in Hanoi. It was a cooking competition, as well as a spiritual meeting, which made it very interesting, indeed! I am now the 1st counselor in the Ha Ba Trung Branch. The 2nd counselor asked me Friday night if I was free Saturday morning and could help her with her cooking in the kitchen at the church. I had already received an assignment for the dinner and was to make a salad (I told our RS president it would need to be an American salad!), so I told her I could help her in the morning and make my salad in the afternoon. Here, I am NOT reacting to Allen, but to the onions I was sauteing! I promise! I was delighted to be with her and with the 2 Sister missionaries (both native Vietnamese) who all knew what they were doing and the 2nd counselor, Chi Linh, put me to work. She was patient and helpful and spoke as much English as she could to me, which was good for her as she is w...