Chinese Dumplings

Today, I had a lot of fun.  I taught the youth group at Memorial how to make Chinese Dumplings.  This time, as opposed to the last time I made them, we used the real vegetables that the recipe calls for.  It was wonderful!  I am not used to being "master chef" in the kitchen with 10 people, so I failed a little bit and burnt the rice, but the top of the rice was alright, and it tasted ok.

It was so much fun, though, teaching people how to make something.  Everyone enjoyed them, and I got a little foreshadowing of what something might be like when I am in China.  As an English teacher, I feel it is also my duty to teach culture.  A HUGE part of culture is food!  I hope to be teaching the Chinese people how to make American food!  Granted, that will entail mostly macaroni and cheese and hamburgers, but that's alright!  We'll come up with something wonderful to make.  They don't really have dairy or beef in China--no cows.  BUT...you can get it at a high price.  I plan to get at least enough to teach people how to make hamburgers and something with cheese :)

Awesome.

I will leave you with this: we had a thunderstorm today.  It's just finishing raining.  I really enjoy rain--especially afterwards!  Everything is sooo clean!  The trees had just budded and then overnight the green leaves appeared.  Unfortunately, though, I had brown stuff all over my car as a result.  But after this rain, it is sooo clean!  When we are baptized, the dirt of our lives is just washed away.  We are a new person!  God sent His Son to forgive our sins, and through belief in Him, we are forgiven.  The rain reminds me of this as I smell the fresh scent of wonderfulness.

Enjoy a glass of hot tea, and reflect upon what God has done for you today!