I FINALLY HAVE MY MUCH-NEEDED MIXER!

When I moved here in June, 2006, I knew that I wanted to get a mixer. But when you move ALL OF YOUR BELONGINGS in just 12 suitcases, there are LOTS of things one needs to buy to set up home again. Well, by December I still did not have a mixer... though each week I was making 100 cookies by hand, to pass out to our people in our 2 churches each Sunday. In Colombia, most ladies do not know how to BAKE, and our church ladies are so poor that they do not even OWN an oven. Most Colombians just buy their breads, and goodies from the local bakery. So, since they do not know how to bake, and my cookies and treats that I pass out are recipes from the USA, our people LOOK FORWARD TO, AND LOVE my treats each Sunday!

(Me making 220 sugar cookies, and 24 loaves of banana bread to pass out at church.)

Also, you CANNOT BUY PREPARED COOL WHIP HERE, only half and half, or a dry powdered mix, WHICH TO MAKE ONE OR BOTH OF THESE, ONE WOULD OBVIOUSLY NEED A MIXER! Well, in December we were visiting with my parents in Canada, and a DEAR friend from there gave me a large gift of money to help me with my baking project for our church people here in Colombia. I automatically thought of getting a mixer to SAVE my arm, stirring 3 and 4 batches of cookies at a time, EACH WEEKEND. HEE! HEE! So,I looked at buying and bringing a Kitchen Aid mixer back with me from the USA, but it weighed too much and I could not. They do sell Kitchen Aid mixers here, but they cost DOUBLE and TRIPLE the normal price! UGH! So, LAST SATURDAY God helped me find a mixer for a GOOD PRICE, that looks like QUALITY, IS ALL METAL, reminds me of a Kitchen Aid, and is made by "Hamilton Beach". PRAISE THE LORD FOR A MIXER!!! I'M THRILLED! MAY GOD RICHLY BLESS MY DEAR CANADIAN FRIEND FOR HER GIFT TO ME!