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I’ve had a loose tooth for a hundred days. Well, since the fall. Today I had a Smokey (hot dog) and when I was eating it my tooth fell out! I felt something crunchy in my mouth and there it was.
I’ll put it in my pillow, and then I’ll wake up, and the tooth fairy will bring me something.
I think it will be a dime.
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Nathanael had a gecko theme at his 2nd birthday party. He loves geckos - in fact, gecko was one of his first words. I'll try to upload some photos soon that will show a few more geckos, but here's an overview of the party…
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Three times in March I made empanadas. Yup, I’m a fan now.
What are they? The term comes from the word empanar, meaning to wrap or coat in bread. You’ll find them in a number of Spanish and Portuguese countries. In Mexico, they can be a variety of things. I made one kind for dessert which was more or less fruit inside a pastry. It was similar to pumpkin pie, baked, but each serving is wrapped separately. These fruit-filled empanadas had plantain, raisins, oranges, and some spices.
I also make some empanadas de viejas ropas. I took a few pictures which you can see below. These are more or less meat mixtures (in this case pork with chillies, onions, etc) wrapped in a corn tortilla. Let me tell you, it smelled like a Mexican restaurant in here. Squeeze on a little lime, dip it in some salsa and I bet you can’t eat just one. Here’s my most recent attempt, from Sunday. Not a professional job, but they still tasted good!
 Making tortillas with the tortilla press |
 Empanadas with filling inside |
 Frying the empanadas |
 The finished, hot empanadas (although you can eat them cold too) |
Enjoying empanadas with Aunt Amy
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The other day I went to buy new shoes. For the past few months, the treads in my shoes have been almost nonexistent, and there’s been a crack in the bottom of one. Now since Calgary is one of the driest cities on the continent, this hasn’t been a big problem. But at the end of February we got some snow, and so I’ve been living with a wet foot. Things have been pretty tight financially since the fall, so I’ve been reluctant to spend the money, but I think the time had come! The shoe salesman laughed when he saw the bottom of my old shoes.
I’m not sure when I bought the bottom shoe, but it’s been with me all across the country, across the USA and in Mexico. Nathanael was born, we moved. At the same time. God really has been faithful over the last couple of years. We’ve seen our financial support continue to rise, people in Mexico coming to know the Lord, spiritual growth in our family and in others. At times when we didn’t know where our meals were going to come from, someone would show up with some groceries.
I found a shoe that was sturdy and that could breathe - perfect for walking around the streets of Mexico. Lord willing this shoe will see our move to a new city, a new country, and into more adventures with God. We’re walking forward, in His steps, to Mexico (figuratively speaking, of course)!
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