"Pretend You Are A Missionary"

Last night we had spaghetti for dinner. However, when I was making the noodles for some reason some of them burned to the bottom of the pan. The noodles smelled smokey and had a burnt taste to them. Unfortunately, I did not have a back-up plan for dinner and I figured it wouldn't taste too bad if we covered it with sauce. It definitely wasn't horrible but it wasn't the best tasting spaghetti by a long shot. As we started eating I told my two older kids to just "pretend you are a missionary" when eating it because when you are on a mission you have to eat everything put in front of you even if it is not something you would normally choose to eat. Not only did they eat it but they acted like missionaries and told me how wonderful it was (even though I know they were only being nice). I think I will use this phrase from now on when I want the kids to eat vegetables and other things they might not otherwise try. It is definitely good training for not only a mission but also any other situation they might be in where they don't like the food put in front of them.