Sweet treat from a sweet missionary

I’m the only one with an oven.  The Lutheran Seminary campus is an assortment of 5 houses, 3 classrooms and a chapel.  The Bishop’s office is in the chapel, his secretary Salome’ is in the guesthouse, were I, a guest, live. I use the word houses loosely.  More accurate, they once were homes but now they have been turned into student housing with the barest of creature comforts. Except the guesthouse – which has an oven.

180 Celcius

Matin’s worship is every morning at 10:00am. A special treat follows each Wednesday of tea and stale, store-bought cookies.  I decided to surprise the seminarians and professors with a rare fresh baked goodie.  Chocolate Cake!

500g cake mix, 125 ml oil, 250ml milk, 2 eggs

The first challenge was realizing that the stove dial was in Celsius and measurements are not cups & ounces.  My humble baking skills prevailed and the cake was instantly consumed.  Can’t wait for the Vanilla Cake week, maybe I’ll get wild and crazy and make cupcakes.

Seminarians

success, tea and cake

                                                            

Ginger, Pastor Nathan Tambo and Pastor Randy Asburry from St. Louis, MO

going... going...

Gone

Manqoba (pronounced with a click)

Lapa where students gather to relax, missionaries too

happy students ready to return to class