I had a dream the other night that I got to go home for 1 day to grab some stuff I wanted. I got my cast iron pan, a gallon of milk, good parmesan cheese, knives, a cutting board, napkins, spices, and a big hug from my mom (I was looking for more hugs when I woke up). Then I woke up thinking “damn, I should’ve grabbed the Nutella and Cholula too!” funny the things I miss. It’s also funny, or shocking rather, that so many things are more expensive here. I wanted a decent pillow and most of them were $18-25 USD. Some Nutrogena face cleanser that would’ve been $4 at home is $15 here! A 16 oz Coke is $1.10. I have yet to see any decent chocolate, but when I do it may be that no price is too high...
Other than all of you and my independence, I miss cooking utensils and ingredients. We have a totally crooked stove and what I refer to as an easy-bake oven that you have to light manually. We have 1 small pan that started out life as a 8in round non-stick pan, but now is an oblong disaster.I tried to make a fritatta one night and oh what a catástofe! (catastrophe, my favorite word here)Last Thursday Erica (the other American who has been here 6 months and is my saving grace) and I cooked lunch and made a cake. We tried to make a lime custard to fill the cake, but our make-shift double boiler didn’t work so well so instead it was lime sauce. Still everyone thought it was brilliant. They have no concept of frosting or filling around here so Erica and I are going to try and find powdered sugar (not sure if it exists here or if it’s really expensive) so we can make some. Then on Friday there was a ceremony for one of the French boy scouts. He made a lifelong commitment to liveaccording to the scout mission. The French boy scouts is different from the US because it’s part of the Catholic Church and it’s not uncommon for men to stay in in their whole lives.Of course we had a party afterwards. It was funny—the scouts had said that they would make a cake for after the ceremony, but of course they’re helpless boys and so asked Erica and me to “help” them. “8 frenchmen and not one of you knows how to bake?” I asked. Well, Erica was busy so I made the cake on Friday morning and you would’ve thought I cooked them a 7 course meal for how appreciative they were. Well, the cake I made on Friday was even better than the one on Thursday, so I have officially been given the task to make dessert for todo o mundo (means everyone, but literally translates to “all the world” which I find amusing) on Sundays. Sundays there are usually at least 50 people here, sometimes more. Oh,also I arranged the flowers for the chapel on Sunday and they were a hit, so that’s my job too now. Baking and flower arranging—sounds like I’m finding my niche here J
As usual, please email me your prayer requests: sunnywallsings@gmail.com
Please don’t send me msgs on FB because I don’t check it very often (no time).
And send me letters (and spices, nutella, Cholula, baking powder, knives...no, maybe not knives):
Ninella Wall
Fazenda do Natal
Cx Postal 28 Centro
43 700 000 Simões Filho
Bahia-BRASIL
It costs $0.98 to mail a letter to Brazil.
Ninella Wall
Fazenda do Natal
Cx Postal 28 Centro
43 700 000 Simões Filho
Bahia-BRASIL
It costs $0.98 to mail a letter to Brazil.
love and hugs,
Sunny
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