I know my home is everywhere I can be with my husband and son. It especially applies in deputation, since you are never home! But today we made it to Alabama! This is where we consider our physical home :) Oh the little things in life we get for granted... a couch to sit and relax, an oven to bake, a fridge to keep Alex's soy milk, a backyard for Alex to play... don't take me wrong! We love deputation so much! And we would have never changed the past 5 months of our lives for anything! We have loved it so much!!! And we're looking forward to seeing how God works through the rest of our deputation :) He has been so good and has blessed us so much! We've seen so many amazing places and there are so many more to come! Wonderful experiences and family time and memories we will never forget. We have also met such wonderful people and can now count on their prayers for God to move in the hearts of Spaniards and for God to use us greatly to reach them with the Gospel! Deputation is a must for us to be missionaries. I always tell Nate: had I not gone through deputation before being on the mission field, I would have been a mess of a pastor's wife ;) So if you are considering deputation, do not get discouraged! It has been one of the best parts of our lives!!! And we wouldn't change it because it has been part of God's plan for our lives. I truly believe God's plans are perfect and I fully trust in His plans.
But I just want to thank Him for everything He has done and continues to do in our lives :)
Oh, and my deputation tip for the day: plastic drawers (dressers) in the back of our van has kept our clothes so much more organized! And now that we are back home, all we needed to do was put them in our closet. No unpacking to do, and it's always easy to find what you need. We keep two of them in our car. It's made our packing and unpacking much easier and eliminated a lot of stress ;)
As for now, I'm going to keep relaxing a little bit and enjoy my delicious iced caramel latte that my husband made me. He is amazing and I love him so much!
Have a blessed day and thank you for your prayers!
Arancha
Monday, May 28, 2012
Thursday, May 17, 2012
I admit I get confused with having 2 blogs, a Facebook account, and a Facebook business page... how do people manage to update their twitters, Instagrams, etc etc etc? :D So hopefully you are staying updated between these four things! I just posted about our trip in Utah here
www.nathanandarancha.blogspot.com
I thought about using this blog as an encouragement and help to other missionary wives on deputation. It seems like every trip has something I learn from and that makes our traveling easier :) So here is one! You might think I'm crazy, but trust me, when you are only home 3 weeks in 5 months, everything that can make your travels better are great things ;)
I recently was given an electric skillet and a rice cooker. We bought a plastic bin that could fit these two with some seasonings and cooking ingredients. We easily can bring it in prophet's chamber that don't have kitchens or to some hotels that allow cooking (not many of them do though, so we won't try in these...).
So for a quick, easy, and clean meal, I boiled spaghetti in the rice cooker, browned the meat on the skillet, and put it all together in a crockpot with my favorite Ragu pasta sauce (protected with those crockpot lining bags for no need to clean it later!). In 30 minutes I had supper made and was able to clean it really quick! I helps have a little bit of a healthier meal while on the road and it helps your budget as well! This bin keeps all the cooking together to make it easier to bring it in and out of places.
There are lots of easy and quick recipes that you can make! Sometimes we stay at missions houses for several days with a kitchen area but no stove or oven. So I'm always happy when we can cook something ourselves :)
Have a blessed day!
Arancha
www.nathanandarancha.blogspot.com
I thought about using this blog as an encouragement and help to other missionary wives on deputation. It seems like every trip has something I learn from and that makes our traveling easier :) So here is one! You might think I'm crazy, but trust me, when you are only home 3 weeks in 5 months, everything that can make your travels better are great things ;)
I recently was given an electric skillet and a rice cooker. We bought a plastic bin that could fit these two with some seasonings and cooking ingredients. We easily can bring it in prophet's chamber that don't have kitchens or to some hotels that allow cooking (not many of them do though, so we won't try in these...).
So for a quick, easy, and clean meal, I boiled spaghetti in the rice cooker, browned the meat on the skillet, and put it all together in a crockpot with my favorite Ragu pasta sauce (protected with those crockpot lining bags for no need to clean it later!). In 30 minutes I had supper made and was able to clean it really quick! I helps have a little bit of a healthier meal while on the road and it helps your budget as well! This bin keeps all the cooking together to make it easier to bring it in and out of places.
There are lots of easy and quick recipes that you can make! Sometimes we stay at missions houses for several days with a kitchen area but no stove or oven. So I'm always happy when we can cook something ourselves :)
Have a blessed day!
Arancha
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