Nell Hill

      Nell Hill and her husband Reinhold have just moved to our ward from Chicago.  Their youngest daughter Kira (14) is here with them and attends Columbus East High School.  Their oldest daughter, Zaida, is married and works for a senator in Washington DC and her husband works for the Department of Agriculture. Their second daughter, Anja, is a sophomore at BYU.  

     Nell is an educator in English and is finishing her PhD where she is focusing her dissertation on English as a second language. She plans to be done next summer. Reinhold Hill is the Vice Chancellor and Dean at IUPUC. Nell is enjoying being back in the classroom teaching at Ivy Tech, as she spent the last few years in an administrative role.

       Nell grew up in Lancaster County Pennsylvania which is known for being Amish Country and is  near Philadelphia. She studied at BYU-Hawaii and BYU where she met her husband.  She had a desire to serve a mission, so he waited for her while she served in the Brussels Belgium mission. She still speaks French fluently and has taught it at the high school and college level. 

      Nell has lived in a Branch for the past 15 years; five in Chicago and ten before that in Big Rapids, Michigan (North of Grand Rapids). Before she took time to work on her PhD, she spent some leisure time singing and acting in local theatre. She was cast as Helen Keller's mother in The Miracle Worker.  Another favorite role was to be part of their community Labor Day weekend music revues. Her favorite was when she performed and sang the music to Phantom of the Opera.

       Welcome to the ward Nell! We look forward to getting to know you better.  

Fall is Here!

Sometimes when I finally get to Apple Works, they are out of my favorite apple. This year I went early and found out that my favorite tart apple actually gets picked in early September. It's the  SWISS GOURMET.

 I tried a recipe that Jennifer Denison posted on Facebook last fall. You will love the brown sugar glaze.

Glazed Apple Bundt Cake
yield: SERVES 10-12 total time: 1 HOUR, 30 MINUTES PLUS COOLING
Tender and moist homemade apple bundt cake smothered in a buttery brown sugar glaze. My favorite cake for the crisp fall weather.
Ingredients:
APPLE BUNDT CAKE
3 cups (375g) all-purpose flour (measured correctly) 1 teaspoon baking soda
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 and 1/4 cups (300ml) canola or vegetable oil
1/2 cup (120g) plain Greek yogurt1
1 and 1/4 cups (250g) packed light or dark brown sugar 1/2 cup (100g) granulated sugar
3 large eggs
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract (yes, 1 full Tablespoon)
3 medium apples, peeled and chopped into small chunks2
BROWN SUGAR GLAZE
1 cup (190g) light or dark brown sugar (I prefer dark here) 1/4 cup (60g) unsalted butter
1/2 cup (120ml) heavy cream
1/2 cup (62g) confectioners sugar, sifted
Directions:

1               Preheat oven to 325F degrees. Spray a 10-12 cup bundt pan with nonstick spray. Set aside.

2              In a large bowl, toss the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt together until combined. Set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk the oil, yogurt, brown sugar, granulated sugar, eggs, and vanilla together until combined and creamy. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and slowly whisk until no large lumps remain. Try to avoid overmixing. Using a rubber spatula, carefully fold in the apple chunks. If you feel 3 large apples is too much, feel free to cut down to 2 apples. I like a lot of apple chunks in my cake.

3              Spoon/pour the thick batter into the prepared bundt pan. Bake for 55-75 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean. The baking times may vary depending on your oven, if you used a 10 cup bundt pan or 12 cup, or if you used less apple chunks. Keep your eye on the cake after 55 minutes. Feel free to cover the cake loosely with aluminum foil about halfway through to prevent heavy browning on top.

4              Allow the cake to cool in the pan set on a wire rack, then invert onto a serving plate once cooled and ready to serve. As it cools, however, you may prepare the brown sugar glaze. Combine the brown sugar, butter, and heavy cream in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring the mixture often. Allow to boil for 1 minute (without stirring), then turn the heat down to low and allow to simmer for 1 minute. Remove from heat and whisk in the confectioners' sugar. Allow glaze to cool and slightly thicken for at least 5 minutes. Spoon glaze over the cake right before serving. If your glaze thickens up too much before serving the cake, warm in the microwave for 15 seconds and stir until smooth.

5              I like this cake warm, at room temperature, and even cold. In fact, I love it cold. Cover leftovers and store at room temperature for 3 days or in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

Make ahead tip: Cake freezes well up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator and allow to come to room temperature before serving.

Come join us for Dinner and the General Women's Broadcast!

September 24th!

6:30 p.m.

August Presidency Message

Wilt Thou Be Made Whole?

Of all the miracles of Jesus recorded in the NT, ¾ of them are described as healings!  That really makes you think.  Christ came to fix what is broken.  His heart was drawn out over and over again to bring the joy of health and wholeness to many of the sickly lambs of His fold.  Even with His knowledge of the schooling that comes through suffering, He sought to ease pain.  In His infinite mercy, He righted the apparent wrongs of nature, smoothed festered flesh, cooled the fevered brow, bade the parting spirit to return, and restored the deceased to the arms of sorrowing loved ones.  Christ is the source of all healing…and the one who bestows wholeness.

Robert D Hales has said:  “Our Savior knows the heart of each of us.  He knows the pains of our hearts.  If we seek the truth, develop faith in Him, and if necessary, sincerely repent, we will receive a spiritual change of heart which only comes from our Savior.  Our hearts will become new again.”  Healing can be physical or spiritual, but wholeness is both.

Truly we can be given a new and healed heart as we earnestly turn to the Lord.  And, miraculously, even if the source of physical pain does not change or go away, our hearts can heal and we can feel the Lords love.

We are all in need of being made whole.  We can be cured, but still not be healed of bitterness in our souls, or an innumerable hosts of things.  But we can also be healed of heart, while still enduring the trials of the body.  It is Christ who gives us wholeness.  We will all receive it eventually, and many in mortality.  We must be willing to seek the Lord’s will for healing in our lives.  -Tracy Kleinhenz