....I'll tell you next time.

MARK / T.J. / ZUPON! / JOHANNA / DON / TANYA / ZOEY / CHARLES / CHUCK / LUKE / BRETT / SARAH / MARY ANNE / EMILY / PAUL / DANIEL / MALLORY / SHAUN / BROOKE / TYLER / JACOB / LONDON / TYLER / BLAKE /MACKENZIE / TREY / MS. BONGIORNIO / ELLIE / BRIEN / TWIG / DAVID / JENNA / SANDRA / BETTY / CREEEEECH! / STEVE / ELAINE / ANDREW / SAM / ANDY ....in addition to being a huge crowd (41), this was also an All-Star crowd when it came to cooking and serving to meet other peoples needs.

STEW BEEF   MASHED POTATOES  GREEN BEANS  ROLLS   DESSERT   SWEET TEA / WATER

Every time I turned around, more people kept walking in tonight. The names in orange are kids that go to New Hanover, which is my school where I am an FCA sponsor. It was good to see them come out and help. I didn't even know they were coming. Speaking of which.....

Here's a story you can file under "GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE".....
I was on my way down to the church from the AC and was thirsty, so I hit the only drive thru on the way - Checkers. I'm in the middle of getting my Diet Coke  and the phone rings. It's Paul Fleck, one of my FCA guys. So I answer and he says We're coming tonight to help feed. Where do we go?
I start to tell him how to get to the church and I pull away from the window and go left across the front of the joint (they have the drive thru on both sides) and I start hearing yelling through my phone and outside the truck. I look over and they're sitting in the other drive thru!
Paul said he hadn't been to Checkers in 3 years and just decided to stop on the way.
How's that for random?

Zoey brought her mom, Tanya, with her tonight.

Elaine has gotten so good at making the Sweet Tea, she's now totally in charge of it and I use her to teach  new people how to do it. My role now is just to taste it when they're done. She also knows exactly what to with our desserts (slice, bag, wrap, etc.) so we can best distribute them. Love Elaine. 
Plus, she keeps reminding me it's time for ScaryGary Movie Night now that Halloween is close. Last year's was a great time. 

Twig was back this week after being ghone on a mission trip to Guatemala last week. It was a good trip. I'm jealous because they had 3 tremors while they were there (3!). I've always wanted to feel a tremor.(_______________________________________Insert your own joke here)


We always do a traditional Turkey/dressing/cranberry meal the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Knowing that there are lots of people who donate food after during and after the holidays, we worry that they might get "Turkey'd" out and whether we should switch up to something else. It's a lot of fun for us to do the Turkey thing but maybe they'd rather have something else.
So I asked them.
I had a minute to kill while we were waiting for the stew beef to come up from the kitchen so I told them what I just told you, then asked for a show of hands if they wanted traditional or something different.
What do you think won?..........