This morning I set out to bake cupcakes for our first FHE at the University of South Pacific. I made flyers for Maggie to put up all over campus. Basically we invited the entire campus to our FHE. Maggie had collected phone numbers for 18 LDS students earlier and had names but no numbers for two more, but Scott wanted to make sure that every LDS student was invited hence the flyers. I woke up in the middle of the night thinking about the "food" part of the flyer. Pacific Islanders are big eaters and they come to things just to get food.
I had decided that I would make two batches-44-cupcakes; but Maggie called and when I asked her how many she thought would come, she was just sure that we would have at least 60 and maybe as many as 70. I was skeptical, but I really, really hate not having enough food, so I baked three batches of cupcakes-68. When Scott got home for lunch he just laughed at all the cupcakes. He did agree, however, that if I made just one batch more would come than I had cupcakes. Our kitchen supplies are limited and I had a hard time finding ways to transport them.
Well we had 12 show up which we thought was fabulous considering that most of the LDS students at USP never attend church here in Fiji. Scott gave the lesson, and I did the activity. We really had a great time; I think they did also. We gave each two cupcakes. We will use the remainder for treats for Tuesday's class.
We met in the Orange Lounge on campus not far from the bookstore. The lounge is not orange, but it is a funny shape. There are no chairs just built in seats along one wall. We had to scrounge mats to sit on which is very Fijian. All in all we are going to like FHE with the students.
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