I finally found it!

I remembered once that I was at a very nice restaurant and had Passion Fruit Mousse. It was so good that I wanted to remember that soft, sweet taste...maybe forever.
Well I had been searching and searching online, off line, here and there and NEVER found the recipe of that dessert or even a similar picture.
Once, maybe six months ago, I wanted to print some recipes off and my printer stopped working so I just jotted the recipe down on a small scrap of paper.
It had been floating here and there, on the floor, on the freezer, in my receipts, in my Bible, just about anywhere I thought I would not loose it. Once it got soaked with water and I stuck it to my kitchen sink window to dry.
Well, Sunday I was going to have guests, so I pulled out this very weathered paper and decided to make my mousse.
It seemed so complicated and I wrote down abbreviations that I couldn't quite figure out. But anyway, I made the recipe. The finished product was so amazing, I think I finally found it!

Passion Fruit Mousse
2 envelopes of gelatin
1/2 cup water
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups of passion fruit juice
1 Tbsp. lemon or lime juice
1 small can condensed milk
2 cups whipping cream
6 egg whites
1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
1. Soften gelatin in water - wait until it dissolves - then mix in with the cooled juice.
2 Mix sugar, juice and condensed milk together and heat until the sugar dissolves- let cool 30 minutes in cold, ice water.
3. Whip the whipping cream - mix with the cooled passion fruit mixture
4. Beat egg whites with cream of tartar
5. Gently mix all together.
6. Add seeds for a garnish.
I don't know who wrote this recipe or where I got it off the internet, but it is amazing!

CPA update 04-21-10

Just in case you're not on my mailing list, I decided to post here, too. Thanks for being patient with me...things are settling down to "normal".

Wow! My last update was 03-03-10! That was so long ago and since then, so much has happened!
Each Thursday and Friday since March 11 and 12, we had camps/spiritual retreats for all the students at Colegio Privado Adonai in the Quinta. (The Quinta is a campsite near our home that we are taking care of. We can use if for school, church, rent it out to other churches or schools, etc.) Each different camp (according to their age) was such a huge job, but we are thankful for the Adonai Team working together to make it all happen. We are also thankful for some of the mothers who volunteered to cook for some 50 or 100 students. Praise God for the opportunity to share His word in a different setting, out of the classroom. Our Theme was Colossians 3.12 Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.(NIV) The first part of the morning was for worship and bible study, then games, lunch, pool, and a talent show and skits at night. Because of all the excitement, both students and teachers had a hard time sleeping at night. Each camp was a beautiful time of friendship and interacting with students and teachers. It was a good time to get to know new students and share relaxed moments outdoors.
The day after the 7th-9th grade camp, March 27th, Oscar's nephew was married at the Quinta. The whole place changed from a campsite to a elegant, outdoor wedding.
During Easter week, school was closed and we had a church camp. There were about 120 all together. People came from Asuncion, Ciudad del Este, San Pedro, Concepción, and Argentina. We ended the week with a baptism for three people in the pool at the Quinta. Last week we had some visitors from Argentina. Pastor Carlos and his wife came...after 20 years! Carlos came to Paraguay with a group of pastors from Argentina in 3 different visits to evangelize in San Pedro way back in the 1980's. Since the first church in San Pedro was started, we have grown to different areas in Paraguay: Asunción, Bañado, Concepción, Ciudad del Este, and Picada Fernandez.
A little side note...When I first arrived in Argentina in 1986, I came to visit San Pedro, Paraguay with Carlos, Omar and Miguel. Can you believe this? I met Oscar Caballero who had just made a decision to follow the Lord. We travelled back to Asunción together...I spoke English and he spoke Guarani! We couldn't even really communicate in Spanish. Five years later, God brought us together as a team to serve him. Nineteen years later...He is still working His perfect will in us.
Thank you for supporting our ministry. We appreciate your notes of encouragement, prayers and financial support.

Juan and Rossana

Backing up a bit, Oscar's nephew got married on March

27th at the Quinta. It was a beautiful wedding.

Edson, of course, was trying to enjoy himself.

HELLO AGAIN!!!

This past month has just been a whirl of activities. School camps, church camps, visitors, puppies, meetings, and food fairs for 9th grade, etc. etc. etc.
I think things have slowed down...maybe a little...today for lunch anyway, we didn't have company! Last night there were 5 people who stayed over, this afternoon three people came.
Visitors are little "gifts" to us. We are thankful to spend time with them and share our lives and our Christ with them. Even little Edson enjoys the visitors so much that he stands in front of the door blocking it so they can't leave! Brandon and Gaby also have the gift of hospitality and are always open to visitors. Every sofa turns into a bed and sleeping bags or comforters are used instead of mattresses. A little "TERERÉ" and popcorn go a looooong way! More tips: Add more water and salt to soup, make a quick batch of "sopa paraguaya", make pancakes, spaghetti, (if the visitors are Argentine...lots of sweets), huge trays of pizza, fresh orange and grapefruit juice, fruit.
What a beautiful way to fellowship and share the blessings that the Lord has given us...invite people over! Talk about God. Share about His miracles. Pray with each other. Enjoy yourselves. Love each other!
Tomorrow it'll be family time, family sharing, family love and hospitality. Maybe things will be a little more normal, maybe not....see you tomorrow!

No blogging for a while...

I have camp week this week. I won't be blogging for a while. Take care! Have a wonderful week remembering our Savior's sacrifice, Salvation, His Wonderful Love for us, His forgiveness.

I Need a Secretary and a Cook

We wanted to have school camps right away so that the kids could get to know each other and we could enjoy the pool and nice weather at the Quinta. So, this just means added jobs to start out the already hectic school year. This also means that I am overbooked...no new posts on my blog, no food at my house. So, if you want to be my secretary or cook...you are welcome! My kids would love new food, good food, lots of food.
I would love it for you to blog for me! We could talk, drink tereré, or tea, or whatever and share, maybe pray together, laugh and cry. You could take notes and summarize while I finish the cooking, rocking a sick toddler, watching over the puppies, buying things for the school camps, baking huge pizzas for a youth-praise and worship retreat, or just enjoy a long awaited - long deserved night out with my husband (tonight for our 19th anniversary!)
See, I'm not being lazy, I'm not sick, I'm not sad or depressed...I just need a secretary...and a cook!

Sasha had puppies...I mean...is HAVING puppies!

We were just getting ready to leave for church this afternoon when noticed that Sasha had ONE puppy already born! Something must have happened before we got to her because it's little arm was broken and the bone sticking out. We called the vet and he said to just bring it to him tomorrow and give it a drop of tylenol! So we put a bandaid on it to try to splint it a little bit.

This was sure an experience! She started digging a hole a couple of days ago. Actually, a couple of holes! Today at noon I took a picture of her huge tummy. We thought that they would be born around March 6-8.

Her third puppy was dead and right away she started to eat it and bury it.

Edson and Sasha are such good friends that I have to practically pry him away from the puppies and Sasha. He is so excited.

Well, she is up to 5 as of right now! We thought she was done so we put all the puppies up to her to be fed and all of a sudden she got kind of nervous once again and started pushing all the puppies away. We grabbed them all safely away just as another one was born.

Hmmm. I wonder if we are even going to sleep tonight...