Tuesday 9/21

ELAINE  /  CHAMBERLAIN  /  JOHANNA  /  WAYNE  /  BLAKE  /  STEVE  /  ANNA  /  BRIEN  /  DON  /  VICK  /  ANDY  /  TYLER  /  DAVID   /  EMILY   / 
MS. BONGIORNIO  /  HER MOM SHELBY  /  CHUCK  /  CHARLES  put the smackdown on some Grilled cheese and tomato soup tonight.

GRILLED CHEESE
TOMATO SOUP
HOME FRIES
DESSERT
SWEET TEA/WATER 

Tonight was a really good night with a lot of cool things happening, but right from the start we got tough news. We found out that T.J. Alexander, who comes every week, was in the hospital at that moment having an emergency appendectomy. We took a moment to pray for him and his family. We got word later that night that he came through fine and everything was going to be all right.

We made 180 grilled cheese sandwiches tonight.
Not an easy feat, considering every slice of bread has to be buttered, each one has to be flipped and watched and the griddle maxes out at at about 12 at a time. I put Andy on griddle duty and he worked it like a champ. The folks buttering and assembling were great, too.

When Danielle Bongiornio's mom came in tonight with her mom, they became the first 4 generation family represented on Tuesday nights. I wished I'd had a plaque ready or something. That's kinda cool.
It goes: Shelby(grandmom) Ms. Bongiornio, Danielle and her sisters Jessica and Mac, and Jessica's daughter Ellie.

Guess how many sandwiches we had leftover? ZERO!
The last person in line got the last sandwich. (we were giving out two the first time through so they wouldn't have to wait for seconds on them.) That's pretty much God at work, because we had prepared all the regular bread and at the last minute we went back and did another 2 loaves of wheat bread and because of that, we nailed it. Of course that meant there were none left for Tyler and Blake to eat but we had some tomato soup left and that was good enough.

The new truck did okay. It's a 2003 Ford. It sits lower than the other one. Just saying.....

I continue to be amazed at the number of people showing up at the first stop. We used to get started with maybe 10-15 there. Now there's at least 30 people there every week when we say grace.

Vick Griffin came and shot some video footage to use at the multi-church "Imagine Hope" conference that's being held at FBC this fall. He also helped cook and serve.

Don took pictures tonight also. I'll try to get them on soon.