NT in customs

I just saw a post on a Wycliffe friend's Facebook wall that I just have to share! His post contained some quite exciting news:

Dear Friend,

I am pleased to inform you that the Lubwisi New Testament is now awaiting customs clearance at Malaba (Uganda Kenya Board). Please pray that this will be finalised soon so that we get ready for the launch on 29th July 2016.

These New Testaments in the Lubwisi language of Uganda are the real deal, the full NT, not just individual books. They are have just arrived from the printers overseas and have to be cleared through customs before they can be transported to the Lubwisi area and have their big launch celebration on July 29. Please pray that everything will go smoothly. Praise God for everything that has gone well thus far!

Quinoa for people who don't like quinoa

Maybe your spouse will consume everything you put in front of him/her, as does mine. But that doesn't mean he likes everything I serve him! Quinoa is on his list of edible-but-not-enjoyable foods. I had a little bit of leftover quinoa in a package and was trying to figure out what to do with it, and came up with the following recipe. He had seconds!

Quinoa and Kielbasa

1 onion, chopped

1 green pepper, c hopped

14 oz Polska Kielbasa, cut into 1/2" thick slices

1/2 cup quinoa

1/2 cup rice

2 chicken bouillon cubes

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

2 cups water

In a large frying pan, saute onion and green pepper until tender. Add kielbasa slices and cook, not stirring too often, so that slices brown a bit on both sides. Rinse quinoa and rice well, then add both to the pan. Add salt, bouillon cubes, pepper, and cayenne. Stir around a bit. Add water and bring to a boil. Turn heat to low, cover pan, and let cook 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Rice Snob

We've all heard of coffee snobs, who have to have just the right kind of beans roasted a certain way. There are purse snobs, car snobs, music snobs, apple snobs (AKA Washingtonians), seafood snobs, and other sorts of people who cheerfully make fun of themselves for their particular exclusive appreciation of certain fine products.

Y'all want to know what I am hiding in my closet? Rice. Oh yes, I'm a rice snob. In my overflow-pantry closet, I've got RICE. The current occupants of the rice closet are three 20-lb bags of rice and one 10-lb one. I've got Thai Jasmine, Indian Basmati, Mexican medium grain, and Japanese short-grain. There are other kinds I like but don't currently own, and yes, I do think they all taste different! I admit it, I'm a ricaholic rice snob.