Humble Pie

WooHoo! We actually got some city water today! Not a full tank but a significant amount which will definitely help. We are going to take showers tonight!!

Mark has decided to buy the pump – he had decided to buy a new one which wasn’t too much more but when he talked to the seller about it, he went down on his price for the used one enough to make it worth it.

Tonight we ate at the Bonvallat’s house again but this time with another couple: Cal and Mimi Wilson. Cal is a doctor and is here for a couple of months teaching at the University in their post-graduate program. He is sponsored by US AID. Mimi grew up in Zaire, her parents were missionaries at Lolwa which is a day or two drive from Rethy. She had attended Rethy in elementary school back in the 50’s. In the early 2000’s, the Bonvallat’s had lived at Nyankunde which is a few hours drive from Lolwa. We met Mimi at the women’s Bible study here in town and she was shocked when we told her we had both been to Lolwa! She said that nobody knows where it is! So we decided we should all get together for an evening. It was very nice reminiscing and hearing each other’s stories about Zaire/Congo. Cal had also been to Nyankunde to work as a doctor in 1980 so he was not left out of the conversation.

However, Mimi is an author and you may have heard of her book “Once a Month Cooking.” Well, I made the dessert for the evening and after having a perfect apple pie and perfect chocolate cake with cocoa fudge frosting earlier this week, my lemon pudding cake this evening was less than perfect! It just wasn’t exactly what I thought it would be like – the pudding was runny and the cake wasn’t really cake – more like meringue. And, of course, of all nights, my cream wouldn’t whip up nicely like it has all the other times I’ve made it here! And I was serving it to a cookbook author!! Myriam’s roast was absolutely wonderful as were her homemade noodles and her salad. Everyone was gracious and said they liked the pudding – Mimi even asked for the recipe! I think they were being kind. Oh, well, nothing like eating humble pie!

By the way, Mimi has written some other books – I believe they are devotionals or study guides. You may want to check into them. They are available on Christianbook.com.