Pie and cake

Pie and cake is the shortened form of easy as pie, piece of cake and can be translated as no problemo. For example:

"Could you please get rid of the malware on my laptop, replant the hostas, help Samantha with her synchronized swimming routine, and bring me a beam stretcher from the garage?"

"Sure. Pie and cake."

The team's activities went quite well yesterday. The midweek chapel, featuring a skit by the children, got the day off in great fashion. The replacement of the water tank at the feeding station, complete with new valve fittings and a drain plug that fit perfectly, went faster and easier than expected. The distribution of food and parasite medication at the other feeding station was smooth. The re-organization of several years' supplies in the bodega is moving along. The rain that came yesterday afternoon was too light to disrupt the sanding, framing, and varnishing of window screens at Casa Grande, the girls' home. The children and adults continue to have fun playing, teasing, and  laughing together, and sometimes exchanging new Spanish or English words and phrases. The temperature was only moderately hot with occasional breezes.

Some of the ODM staff joined the team for our evening meal at a local restaurant. Freddie (the go-to handyman), Sonia (the excellent cook at the orphanage), their two young children, assistant cook Marian, our two van drivers, and Penny sat down with us to a delicious meal. Several varieties of meat and side dishes were served family style. A memorable meal complete with good fellowship.

In the history of the past two thousand years, Christians who witnessed to their faith or served others in response to God's love have suffered many hardships, persecutions, or martyrdoms. And who can say what the future holds for us and other Christians in our world? But for us yesterday, it was pie and cake.

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