A young woman from the University of Texas Capitol Ward where Tony served as 2nd counselor in the Bishopric showed up at church Sunday and boy were we surprised. When you see someone that you knew from somewhere else in the world and don't expect to see them where you live now, it throws you off....we could barely remember her name. We were so surprised. She came up and put her arms around both of us. I'm sure the look of shock on our faces scared her at first! It was a joyful reunion tho'! The family that she is staying with while she tries to get a job, had us over for dinner this past Sunday. Eric is from France and Lafern, his wife, is from America. They treated us after dinner to a french pastry called Galette des Rois. It is a flat pastry that is layered to make it look like a loaf of bread. It has a little porcelain figurine hidden somewhere in the loaf. You hope you get the figurine but then again, you wouldn't want to break a tooth on the glass! The person who gets the figurine is then crowned King. Eric was the person that got it this time. This little activity has been around in France for hundreds of years celebrating the three kings arrival to the Christ child.
So GOOD!
Eric DeMoulder - holding the porcelain figurine that was in his pastry. I work with him in the Finance department in Bad Homburg
They must do this a lot in their family because these are the figurines that have come out of the Galette des Rois.
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