Chli Today, Hot Tamale......

Tuesday Night 2/26/08

Tonight was great! We had just enough food at both stops, and even had a few sandwiches left we could leave with the night captain at the Mercy House to pass out as they head out in the morning. No Rain, either!

After all the whining and hand wringing I did on my last post about what we'd serve, tonight was a piece of cake. Robin Manning made a big pot of Chicken chili for us, along with some cookies and Brownies. We added some more chili we had frozen and made around 200 sandwiches (ham and cheese, turkey and cheese, and bologna and cheese) to go with the chili for a really good meal on a night like tonight.

We also wrapped some extra Hot Dogs we had and handed them out to people as they were leaving the first stop. We figured they could eat them tomorrow for lunch.

We had a really good, kind of stress-free time in the kitchen tonight. Just making sandwiches and Tea, some jalapeno cornbread, stirring the chili, nothing really too intense or hurried. The biggest reason for that is probably the good and nice who people come every week to give their lives away to people who don't see enough of the kingdom of God during the week. People like:
Tom
Ellen
Henry
Luann
Bryan
Theresa
Jim
Pruden
Craig
Ryan
Ayla
Eric
Candace

Twig wasn't here this week, but it was an excused absence and won't count against him.
Next week I think I want to serve Burritos. Big honking Burritos with lots of stuff in them. We'll see.

One of the cool things about Tuesday night is, while it is a First Baptist ministry kind of thing,at least 3 of the people who have showng up every week for a long time now are members of 3 other churches here in town. And only one of them is Baptist.
How they wound up here on Tuesday night is a story for another post I'll get around to. I might even let them tell you in their words. We'll see.

Prayer is needed not only for the folks we serve but for the servants as well. Several of our Tuesday night family need prayer for situations in their life and the lives of their families. Any prayers for the ministry and those involved are greatly appreciated.

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