As I sat down to blog I see two of these tiny, tiny little ants running across the desk - they are everywhere but when I try to get a picture they move so fast you can't find them. However I just went to the kitchen and of course the cupcakes bowls from this morning are still in the sink because we have no water and there were over fifty ants in the bowl.
We have these friends from the East Mission office (the Eickbushes) who are always bringing us treats, etc. Since our oven is supposed to be working we decided to make some cupcakes and take them over. After testing we did get it working so the bottom didn't burn! The Eickbushes eat aross the street at this little Chinese place so we all decided to try it. Of course it is a major feat to get across the street without getting ran over! There were dishes with broccoli and some kind of meat but since we weren't sure what the meat was and it didn't even look familiar we got their chicken and rice and fried banana dish. The bananas are called plantins and aren't really bananas but a vegetable of some kind. They taste like a flavorless potatoe - that must be why they always deep fry them! The food was good though and we may venture out there again and try something different.
Since this is a slow day for us we ventured out with the Snow's to this place called "Yellow Steps". It is big building crammed with little shops selling souvenirs and everything else you can imagine. I will put some pictures in. They have tons of jewlery that is made from coconut shells that have been filed down. Everyone here must be an artist from the variety of pictures and art forms of different kinds that are displayed. Almost every shop has the same kind of things except for the first one that had water containers made from animal hoofs. My water supply would last a very long time if I were drinking out of that thing. The shop keepers don't sit back and let you look at their things, they almost drag you into their little shops and have to tell you about everything in there. Of course that wasn't of much interest when you can't tell what they are saying. One had a framed snake and when Scott asked if it was poisonous the guy laughed and said, "No, but it scares everyone to death." It was probably a foot long - he should see our ranch grown snakes, they are much more impressive! I want to go back before we go home and actually buy some of the quaint things there.
We are going to spend the night studying and practicing piano and getting ready for conference this weekend. How grateful we are to have a living prophet who can guide us through these perilous times. We will be grateful to hear conference - on our computer!
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