As my time here as progressed, slowly I have acquired some new skills in the kitchen. I have always been somewhat familiar with the kitchen and how it works, but I have never really attempted to do much other than baking. But since I have moved here, I have been forced into the domestic world. Since Kristen and I have moved into our own place, most nights we have to fend for ourselves and thankfully our cooking skills have progressively gotten better and better.
On Saturday afternoon Sue, Kristen and I headed up to the Timothy Centre to spend a day baking with the girls at the college. As we move through the school year, Kristen and I have been slowly getting to know the girls through teaching them computer class and having study nights with them. It’s been a lot of fun getting to know them through working with them on the academic level, but it’s not a very good setting to get to know them on a more personal level. So when Sue asked us if we would have to join her on that Saturday to spend some time with the girls we quickly agreed. Every Wednesday when Sue goes down to tutor the girls she always brings them study snacks that she has made for them. Being as most of these girls had never baked anything in their lives, they all were very eager to trying making something for themselves. So this is what Saturday afternoon was for.
The girls at the Timothy Centre are very dedicated students and spend most of their time in class and studying. They are awake by three thirty in the morning to start their studying, and don’t get to bed until ten thirty at night. During the week their schedules are academically focused, but every Saturday and Sunday they get the most part of the afternoon to have some free time. So after some discussion with Sue, they decided that they wanted to spend this past Saturday learning how to bake. Sue, Kristen and myself went up the school each with different recipes, and we taught the girls the fundamentals baking. We made banana muffins, sugar cookies and a chocolate cake with them. It was a lot of fun just spending time with the girls, but also teaching them how to do something new at the same time. And the girls definitely enjoyed the end results.
And as a side note: the other evening Kristen and I also made our first and quite successful attempt at making dinner for all of us living on the compound here at the Timothy Centre.
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