Elder Jason Kyle Anderson
Philippines Cauayan Mission
POB 30150
Salt Lake City, UT 84130-0150
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Elder Jason Kyle Anderson
Philippines Cauayan Mission
Burgos St.
Dist. 3 Cauayan City
3305 Isabella
Philippines
Elder Jeremy Brett Anderson
Misión de España Bilbao
c/Bidearte 6, 4º dcha
48930 Las Arenas (Vizcaya)
Spain
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
What's for dinner, Mom?
John, this is for you!
Honey Bun Cake
1 pkg yellow cake mix
3/4 cup oil
4 eggs
8 oz sour cream
1 cup brown sugar
1 T cinnamon
2 cups powdered sugar
4 T milk
1 T vanilla
In a large mixing bowl, combine cake mix, oil, eggs and sour cream. Stir by hand for about 50 strokes. Pour half of batter into an ungreased 9x13 pan. Combine brown sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle over batter in pan. Top with remaininng batter. Swirl the cake batter with a butter knife until it looks like a honey bun. Bake at 325* for 40 minutes or until done. Mix powdered sugar, milk and vanilla to make frosting. Pour over warm cake.
Honey Bun Cake
1 pkg yellow cake mix
3/4 cup oil
4 eggs
8 oz sour cream
1 cup brown sugar
1 T cinnamon
2 cups powdered sugar
4 T milk
1 T vanilla
In a large mixing bowl, combine cake mix, oil, eggs and sour cream. Stir by hand for about 50 strokes. Pour half of batter into an ungreased 9x13 pan. Combine brown sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle over batter in pan. Top with remaininng batter. Swirl the cake batter with a butter knife until it looks like a honey bun. Bake at 325* for 40 minutes or until done. Mix powdered sugar, milk and vanilla to make frosting. Pour over warm cake.
The Weather Outside is Frightful...
So today is thursday. No I'm not slacking off as a missionary, spending my time on the computer. We had a class three hurricane so we were confined to our apartment all day wednesday. Don't worry, we're okay. We don't have a cell-phone though, so everything came through the sisters who live 15 minutes away. So we kept waiting for them to come around the corner and tell us we could go out. But alas, they never came. It was so boring. I used to think about how cool it would be to be on a mission and have a big storm and everything. But it's happened, and it was boring, and instead of enjoying the rest, I was just really excited when we got to leave this morning. We even set up a way busy day to try to make up for it. But a lot of appointments fell through. And we had some extra time, so we decided to take our email time now. President said we should do it today, because we have another hurricane coming tonight. We probably should have gotten groceries with our extra time, but food's not really that important anyways. It should be fine though, they like to exaggerate when they talk about hurricanes coming. And they cancel everything at the first hint of wind.
Speaking in tongues-I gave my first talk in tagalog sunday. It was only seven minutes, but it was still nerve-wracking. I think it went well, not great, but not bad. No one laughed, so that's good.
Guwapo-It's really funny over here. Their concepts of good looking are way different. Everyone wants white skin. Face whitening cream is a huge industry, and it isn't limited to the face. They would rather wear a jacket in the ridiculously hot sun than get darker. And here we are, the crazy Americans, hoping for a tan. They also think long noses are attractive, but I didn't know that at first, so it was a little depressing at first when everyone I met, EVERYONE, even strangers I had never talked to, talked about my long nose. I just want to fit in.
Good Eats-We had pancit for the first time today from a panciteria. Way good. A whole lot of food though. They put a fried egg on top when it's served. Kindof interesting, but way good. We're also teaching a man who makes his living selling lomi on the side of the road, so we ate from him tuesday night. It's basically a bunch of garlic, garlic goes in almost everything here, and egg noodles and a hard boiled egg, and some beef. It's more of a soup, but way good. I haven't had anything way crazy yet. Just alot of rice. And rice fills you up. I'm craving milk though. And that will probably last my whole mission. Elder Wheeler and I went all out and got some imported from New Zealand in a way expensive import store, that i'm told can only be found in this area, but it tasted more like coconut milk, and we had to chug it anyways yesterday after the power had been out for the whole day, because we didn't know when it would come back on. There's a dish called dinuguan that's made with blood, but I've only seen it once, and I didn't try it because I heard you can get way sick from it. I don't want to tempt fate. I did find some oatmeal packets at the store though, that are exactly like in the states. Way good. I'll have to stock up on them before I get transfered. There is one thing called sticky rice, and it's a dessert, and way good. But it's pretty sticky (yeah, weird huh?) and there aren't any napkins here, even at restaraunts.
The Gospel's the same the world over-I thought it was interesting that Dad and trentin were talking about temples, urging people to go. I'm doing the same thing, but I'm glad I've specifically got authority and help doing it, because it's hard. The temple is way far away, and it's way pricey. It's hard to ask people to do things, but it's what they need. If they'll make the leap of faith...
A little bit of action-We were in the middle of teaching today when I heard a loud "bang!" so I didn't really think anything of it until I heard it a couple more times in succession. It took me a second to place the sound, and I realized it was gunfire. This is in the middle of the city, mind you. So of course my imagination goes crazy and I peer through the bushes to the sound. I barely make out a guy with a beret in a uniform firing down the street perpendicular to us over the open door of a white SUV. So we've heard some stories about unrest down in davao, but that's forever away. But then I saw a couple other uniformed soldiers run past around the corner. So I'm pretty worried. Guns aren't that unusual. There's a uniformed guard with a shotgun outside of every big store here, but these looked military. So my companion sits back down, and so does the teenage member with us. They rattled off in Tagalog, and looked ready to start the lesson back up. I still had no idea, except I caught the phrase "Rescue Team." So after the lesson I finally got the story that they were just doing a practice exercise. But it was pretty interesting for a while when I was crouched down peering through the bushes at the soldiers shooting from behind an open car door.
Alma 18:16 read it, and then add "Oh, that thing? " - Ammon's hardcore
Alma 32:43 "And thus, if ye will not nourish the word, looking forward with an eye of faith to the fruit thereof, ye can never pluck of the fruit of the tree of life"You've gotta continue to nourish the word, through reading, praying, going to church, or whatever. Keep your eye on the prize.
Elder Kyle Anderson
Speaking in tongues-I gave my first talk in tagalog sunday. It was only seven minutes, but it was still nerve-wracking. I think it went well, not great, but not bad. No one laughed, so that's good.
Guwapo-It's really funny over here. Their concepts of good looking are way different. Everyone wants white skin. Face whitening cream is a huge industry, and it isn't limited to the face. They would rather wear a jacket in the ridiculously hot sun than get darker. And here we are, the crazy Americans, hoping for a tan. They also think long noses are attractive, but I didn't know that at first, so it was a little depressing at first when everyone I met, EVERYONE, even strangers I had never talked to, talked about my long nose. I just want to fit in.
Good Eats-We had pancit for the first time today from a panciteria. Way good. A whole lot of food though. They put a fried egg on top when it's served. Kindof interesting, but way good. We're also teaching a man who makes his living selling lomi on the side of the road, so we ate from him tuesday night. It's basically a bunch of garlic, garlic goes in almost everything here, and egg noodles and a hard boiled egg, and some beef. It's more of a soup, but way good. I haven't had anything way crazy yet. Just alot of rice. And rice fills you up. I'm craving milk though. And that will probably last my whole mission. Elder Wheeler and I went all out and got some imported from New Zealand in a way expensive import store, that i'm told can only be found in this area, but it tasted more like coconut milk, and we had to chug it anyways yesterday after the power had been out for the whole day, because we didn't know when it would come back on. There's a dish called dinuguan that's made with blood, but I've only seen it once, and I didn't try it because I heard you can get way sick from it. I don't want to tempt fate. I did find some oatmeal packets at the store though, that are exactly like in the states. Way good. I'll have to stock up on them before I get transfered. There is one thing called sticky rice, and it's a dessert, and way good. But it's pretty sticky (yeah, weird huh?) and there aren't any napkins here, even at restaraunts.
The Gospel's the same the world over-I thought it was interesting that Dad and trentin were talking about temples, urging people to go. I'm doing the same thing, but I'm glad I've specifically got authority and help doing it, because it's hard. The temple is way far away, and it's way pricey. It's hard to ask people to do things, but it's what they need. If they'll make the leap of faith...
A little bit of action-We were in the middle of teaching today when I heard a loud "bang!" so I didn't really think anything of it until I heard it a couple more times in succession. It took me a second to place the sound, and I realized it was gunfire. This is in the middle of the city, mind you. So of course my imagination goes crazy and I peer through the bushes to the sound. I barely make out a guy with a beret in a uniform firing down the street perpendicular to us over the open door of a white SUV. So we've heard some stories about unrest down in davao, but that's forever away. But then I saw a couple other uniformed soldiers run past around the corner. So I'm pretty worried. Guns aren't that unusual. There's a uniformed guard with a shotgun outside of every big store here, but these looked military. So my companion sits back down, and so does the teenage member with us. They rattled off in Tagalog, and looked ready to start the lesson back up. I still had no idea, except I caught the phrase "Rescue Team." So after the lesson I finally got the story that they were just doing a practice exercise. But it was pretty interesting for a while when I was crouched down peering through the bushes at the soldiers shooting from behind an open car door.
Alma 18:16 read it, and then add "Oh, that thing? " - Ammon's hardcore
Alma 32:43 "And thus, if ye will not nourish the word, looking forward with an eye of faith to the fruit thereof, ye can never pluck of the fruit of the tree of life"You've gotta continue to nourish the word, through reading, praying, going to church, or whatever. Keep your eye on the prize.
Elder Kyle Anderson
Words from Spain!
Hey! so it´s nice to know how the family is doing- except for kyle that jerk, when did a typhoon ever stop him?- I´m sure he´s fine, or you would have gotten called. Also, we did hear about that plane crash, but don´t know a lot. It is so crazy how isolated we are- some Russian Elders came in last week and told us that Russia was fighting with Georgia and we were like "Why just Georgia? They could have at least gone for Alabama too" Broma (joke). It´s great to hear how the family is doing. In the temple I pray for every one individually and It makes me so happy to hear that things are going well. Except for tucker. I don´t pray for tucker cause he is trying to take my spot. So i heard that by the time a illness makes its way across the Atlantic it is 10 times worse because mothers read into the references a lot. So I will just up and tell you I have malaria cause it can´t get much worse. No, but i do have a flu or something, and I tell you what- the worst place ever to get sick is in the MTC because you are inside a classroom all day and trying to learn everything at a furious pace. Nevermind that our teachers are stepping up the pace because we only have 1 and a half weeks left! Yeah! Yeah, I felt really crappy yesterday - chills, fever, cough, sinus and it was so weird because I thought about 5 times during the day how great it would be to be up in the game room on the couch with blankets on watching a movie and having mom take care of me.lol. But don`t worry, i can wait two years for that. It was crazy though. So it´s great to hear about Elder Gilmore going into the field- I assume he is already there but the order of e-mails was strange. So a great thing happened in the park last Saturday. We were all nervous about being the old guys this time- now it was our responsibility to understand and talk and show the new Elders how to do it. Elder Lucero- a roomate and a great elder- and I decided to fast for the gift of tongues. We did, and then It was amazing how it was answered. On the metro on the way we were making contacts and the first person I talked to was a lady from Romania who spoke Spanish. It was so awesome because I understood everything she said, and I talked to her for the whole time. She wasn´t interested but it was okay. Then in the park I just had such an easier time understanding all of the people. sometimes I still had to ask for them to repeat stuff or explain it, but in general I was so much better at spanish then I had been. I learned that sometimes the gift of tongues isn´t a literal translation of each word, but you get impressions and thoughts and you feel what they are saying. It was pretty great. I also got to recite the first vision to a group of people. Every time I can do that I love it. We had a testimony meeting and I bore it all in Spanish, talking about how when I say the first vision I feel it. But in Spanish "I feel it" is also like "I´m sorry". But I think all of the people got the idea. It is funny how i make up phrases for English and they don´t make any sense in Spanish. Also, one of the Elders last night said that God has a body of flesh and cheese. We were like huh? queso is a very distinctive word that should not ever be confused with anything else. So there are a lot of portugese in this new group and it´s crazy to hear them talk. People say that Spanish and portugese are similar but it´s not even close. Like if it was Lord of the Rings- French would be elvish, spanish would be the language of the kings, human would be english, german would be dwarf, and portugese would be orc. Not even kidding- it sounds so strange. And they are quite a lively group. Well I have to go but i think I will send one more email later cause I want to.lol. I´m really just emailing and sleeping today, but the doctor says it´s okay.
Con todo mí corazón,
Elder Brett Anderson
Con todo mí corazón,
Elder Brett Anderson
Sunday, August 3, 2008
What's for dinner, Mom?
Fresh Tomato Basil Soup
4 cups peeled and chopped fresh tomatoes
2 cups tomato juice
2 cups chicken stock
12-14 fresh basil leaves
1 cup cream
1 stick butter
Combine tomatoes, juice and chicken stock in large saucepan. Simmer for 30 minutes. Blend in small batches (or with an immersion blender) with basil leaves. Return to saucepan, add butter and cream. Stir over low heat until heated through. Serves 6.
4 cups peeled and chopped fresh tomatoes
2 cups tomato juice
2 cups chicken stock
12-14 fresh basil leaves
1 cup cream
1 stick butter
Combine tomatoes, juice and chicken stock in large saucepan. Simmer for 30 minutes. Blend in small batches (or with an immersion blender) with basil leaves. Return to saucepan, add butter and cream. Stir over low heat until heated through. Serves 6.
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