You guys! I ruined yet another meal and had another kitchen-freak-out-moment. So much so that our eight year old wrote out a prayer for me to put in her War Room - "Dear God, help my Mom not to be so frustrated. Amen." Arggghhhhhh!!!!!! I hate it when that happens. I mean.....I'm ever so thankful for the opportunity of growth and maturity that lies before me. (bull) So ... Read More »
Hospitality
I freaked out and told him he should’ve married someone else.
It was a fabulous Missions Conference at our church this past week. I love it so much every year. And every year I say it's the best one. This year we decided to have the small group of Missionaries and pastoral staff over to our house for lunch. So fifteen minutes before the Missionaries get to our house for lunch I exclaimed to my husband who was frantically helping me get ... Read More »
Hope for Hospitality – Easy Recipes
I'm sharing three easy recipes that will never fail you in cooking for a group of 6-8 people. You might could set it on fire by covering it in gas and lighting a match but other than that you really can't mess this up. Missionary Chicken 6-8 pieces chicken, 1 1/2 c. long grain rice, *1 stick butter melted, *1 can crm mushroom soup, *1 can cram celery soup, *1 can crm chicken ... Read More »
Hope for Hospitality – non dinner ideas
So we're talking about hospitality and the art of having people in our homes. Because really, our culture doesn't do this anymore. We're busy, we don't feel like we can, we're afraid, our house is a mess, etc. I've said all those things before too. But I think having people over is important. It builds relationships in a warm setting. Sure you can talk at church or at ... Read More »
Hope for Hospitality
Do you ever feel overwhelmed at the thought of having people over to your house for dinner? Like you want to really bad but you're pretty certain you'll burn the beans, send the twice baked potatoes flying across the room (true story) or forget to put out silverware along with sending your guests home with salmonella? Confession: I do. I haven't always felt that way but in ... Read More »