Mark set to work preparing the rest of the food. Thankfully we didn’t eat raw venison, although it was still bloody in the middle when it was “finished”. I helped as much as I could.
Dinner was really formal so I got to dress up after all. I french braided Helena and Nancy’s hair, which turned out really nice. The family arrived all dressed up. Everyone looked great! Mark got out goblets and put a couple raspberries in the glasses and then champagne. He gave me the smallest glass there was, and really it was quite small. I don’t think I actually finished the whole thing. I drank a lot of apple juice. :)
The first course was a broth to wet our appetite. The second course was raw salmon and kaviar with a special dip. We had to take a break after the second course so we could wash the plates to use for the third course. Mark made mashed potatoes with the Trϋffer mixed in and on top there were four fried quail eggs. It was really good; probably my favorite course. Several times during the evening, I was in the kitchen helping, but every once in a while Mark's brother would kick me out so he and Mark could cook. We took another break and then ate red cabbage, hashbrown patties, and venison.
We opened presents before the last course which was dessert. At first Gloria came out in a santa suit and fake beard. She looked so cute and small. Eventually everyone started handing out gifts. I was so surprised at how many I received. Both the girls gave me homemade cards written in English. Mark and Nancy enrolled me in a German class. WOOHOO!
We went to the church for the 9 o’clock service. I couldn’t understand anything, but we sang a couple of songs and the pastor spoke. It was absolutely silent before the service started. No one socialized or anything. So different from church at home. We got seats on the benches, so we stayed warm. It was snowing lightly which made the roads slippery. Then we ate dessert, which was halved pears soaked in wine with some ice cream on top. I ate the ice cream first so it wouldn’t melt too quickly on the warm pears, but when I started eating the pears, my teeth started hurting. The pears also had a spicy taste to them.
After dessert, I started yawning and Nancy’s mom wanted me to just go to bed. Mark said everyone would be staying for a while longer so he gave me “permission” to go skype my family. I couldn’t get ahold of them, so I looked on facebook and saw a friend was online, so I chatted with her and then asked her to call dad and let him know I was trying to skype. Thank the Lord for the internet!
I talked to mom and dad for a while and saw my NURSING LICENSE!!!! I’m so excited it arrived at home! Praise the Lord I passed!! After a while, Nancy came in and started talking to mom and dad and then Mark came in and was talking hunting. We ended up talking with them until the wee hours of the morning, but it was well worth it!
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