Food!

Food has had an interesting part of the last month.  We have had people in and out of the center constantly, and it is difficult to keep it all straight!  But a common element is food.

Last month, I was blessed with the ability to invite some friends over for dinner.  I have 2 roommates right now, and they were willing to join us in a fun night of eating delicious food.  I invited 10 people to come over, but I was a little too late with my invitations, and only 3 were available.  So we had 3 people join us, and we had a wonderful time!  We played games (picture Apples to Apples and Phase 10 Dice), and we ate delicious food.  I have been in a pulled-pork craze ever since I found a crockpot stored in my kitchen!  We made pulled pork to eat with rice, and we made some delicious pasta with cream of chicken.  Our friends brought over some food as well, and it was a good time.  After eating the food, we went out to watch the fireworks that were going off that night.  It was so fun to be out on the town with some girls ;)  I had a lot of fun!

Another food event is an activity where the Church of All Nations came from Hong Kong to join us for a bi-annual social event. We ordered food from a restaurant to provide lunch for our attendees, and we used plates that were brought back from America.  This may seem like a small thing, but they were fall themed, and that is something that you just don't
find here!  It was SO fun to be able to use the pre-decorated paper plates and cups and napkins, and I was very excited. If you're looking for something to send in a care package, that might be it ;)  It was a successful event, and the turn out was great.  We had the PERFECT amount of food: there was enough for one more person to eat!  That is it!  We haven't had that perfect of a food amount in...well...ever!  That day was so busy, because we still had classes and other things going on, but it was a blessing to have them here. They were able to talk about different fall activities, and to discuss what is important to them in their lives, like Jesus Christ!

The same weekend, we also had a separate team from Hong Kong come to help us out with our Bible Study and Sunday morning worship.  So on Sunday we had a pot luck meal, and it was so much fun.  We made pulled pork (as I said, I am on a craze!), and it was one of the most talked-about dishes!  It was so different from Chinese food! The food attracted the people to come, and the Gospel was shared to them in the process!  The team had around 30 people on it, and it was fun to see them interacting with our students, sharing the Gospel.

More things with food have filled my time, but there have been so many that they have all melded together in my brain!