Chili today and Hot tamale!

SAM / SAM / WAYNE / TWIG / LAURA / WADE / MERRITT / KILLER / CREEEECH! / ALYSSA / ERIN / KYLE / DAVID / ANNA / JENNIFER / JADA / J.BOGGS / TYLER / LIZ / BAILEY / SHANE / PEYSON / BLAKE / STEVE / TIM / ASHLEY / MO-GAN / ALEXIS / ELAINE / CECELIA / JOHANNA / got out in pretty cold weather Tuesday night and were God's hands and feet to people who needed it.

The menu was CHILI GRILLED CHEESE DESSERT SWEET TEA/WATER
Here's why we chose chili: There was a business meeting at church Sunday night and people brought chili. There was a large pot left over, so we got it and just added more to it. It was an easy call. We also passed out goodie bags with 4 different Little Debbie Cakes in them.

LEARNING TIME

Little Debbie was the pioneer in individually wrapped baked goods. Their first product was the Oatmeal Creme Pie. They utilize a special recipe that requires less water in their product, giving them a longer shelf life. Longer shelf life requires less visits to locations by route drivers, which has made stocking a route for Little Debbie a pretty good job over the years. It's a private, family-owned company (McKee Foods) located in Collegedale, Tenn. They have 1/3 of the snack cake market, making them them #1 in the country. They have 75 different products, with Oatmeal Creme Pies, Swiss Rolls, and Nutty Bars the top 3 sellers. Just thought you might want to know.

Think we're gonna do meatloaf next week. We've got a good amount of deer burger and it works great for meatloaf.

We had over 30 people helping this week. That's a lot of help. There were a couple of first-timers this week. TIM and ASHLEY are members of the church, had heard about us at different times and joined us this week. Then, at the start of the 2nd stop I looked up and saw a guy I didn't know behind the table, setting stuff up and helping out. I said Hey I'm Gary and he introduced himself as KYLE ZUPON, which meant he was ALYSSA's dad. She didn't tell me he was coming. He jumped right in and was a big help on the service line.

I thought about it and finally decided that for the SUPER BOWL PARTY we would scale back and just have cupcakes or brownies.

Yeah, right........We're gonna get big on some pig!

SUPER BOWL PIG PICKIN' PARTY is a full-on GO!

The pig part of the program has been taken care of. Now I gotta line up the fixin's. I'm thinking traditional- beans, cole slaw, some little white potatoes and banana pudding. And Sweet Tea.

Anybody reading this is welcome to come and join us. It's a nice relaxed time just eating and watching the game. If you want to help, come on.

If you can't come but want to make something for us, just get in touch with me. We'd be glad to have it.

THANKS. g