Lige, as you know, is a Teacher now, which means he's responsible for setting up the Sacrament. I'd always thought of this as a not-very-exciting advancement, and I see now that I was mistaken. Preparing the Sacrament is complex!
For example, getting the bread ready. We have some Sacrament bread in the freezer at the church. Last week, Lige took out the 3 pieces we use (or however many it is) and put them in the microwave to defrost. He defrosted them until the bread was warm all the way in the middle, about 2 minutes. Alas, the bread was rather crispy by the time it was passed. So his mom made some defrosting suggestions, and Lige was ready for success this week.
I was in the bathroom with Martha when Ellis came running in, telling me to go help Lige urgently. Taking a hint from her facial expression, I left her with Martha and went to find Lige. The easiest way to find him would have been to follow the smell of smoke. When I walked into the kitchen, I saw Lige standing nervously next to the microwave with a pile of black something burning inside. Yes, he'd forgotten to take the twist tie off the bag. Bread bags burn really well, it turns out. I blew out the fire (Lige had been afraid to try to put out the fire, lest he use the wrong method and make it worse.) and we cleaned up the charred plastic and bread. Then we found the bishop of the ward that was currently meeting and let him know, just in case the sprinklers turned on or something. The fortunate thing was that Lige had brought some extra bread from home, since the loaf at church was almost gone. So despite his learning experience, he saved the day by planning ahead! We were happy to be able to have the Sacrament without any disruption.
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