The Absorption- Day Four
We made it!
We fed the young people and we fed ourselves and we had enough for everyone (with leftovers!) and we chatted our way through the cleanup so that it took way longer than it should have and we returned to our respective homes thankful that Bible-school comes only once a year!!!
How's that for a success story on feeding the multitude?
Just in case you wish to know more (and since I promised details!) here are a few things for the record...
We served right around 95 people (10 were children and the rest youth through adult.) Keep in mind, though, that a group of young people never eat as much as you think they should during Bible-school, with their well-fed and under-active lifestyle, so if you were preparing this menu for a crew of young people who had just put in a hard days work, you may want to figure accordingly!!!
Enchiladas: we made 101 and had several pans leftover (exact amount unknown) but I would still make about that many again if I was aiming to feed a crew of this size. Many people only took a portion of an enchilada and few got leftovers, so that's why the amount left seems so high compared to the amount served.
Lettuce: I got 8 heads (a mixture of Romaine, red and green) and we figured that 5 would have been enough! Well, at least there was no danger of running out this time around!!!
Sour Cream: we had 6-16 oz. and should have had at least one more. While we had enough for all the students, one of the men brought a container from home when they came over for supper, or else we would not have had enough for our own enchiladas, which would have been a shame!
Chips: I bought 5- 24 oz. bags and we used about three of them. We had the chips placed in baskets on the tables and I thought that would encourage more munching, but either they weren't in a munching mood or they were just too eager to finish and go play volleyball, because out of baskets meant to feed 8, there was a lot left.
Salsa: we started out with approximately 8 pt. and had several jars leftover, but since we put it out in bowls on the tables, I would get the same again since you need a certain amount to start with. We had three kinds of salsa: mild, medium and hot, and marked the bowls by putting in spoons with the "heat" written on medical tape!
Fried Ice Cream Dessert: Out of 5- 9 by 13 pans, there were about 1 and a half pans left, so here again I think we made the right mount. A lot of the young people inhaled their main dish and then were ready to go on to the next thing (claiming that they were too full for dessert!) but under different circumstances, they may have eaten a piece. And just so you know, this dessert is delicious and always well-received, so even if you're not making it for a crowd, I would recommend whipping up a pan for your family- they'll love you for it! (Find the recipe in this post.)
So there you have it! The absorption of our meal was, as expected, done in whirlwind fashion, and yet I would say that everything went quite well! We didn't even have any interesting catastrophes for me to report, which of course was nice for us, but maybe boring for you!
As I was wondering how to wrap this post up, I was thinking of how quickly the young people absorbed their nourishment at supper time compared to those of us who lingered and savored...
Is one way better than the other?
Is one way for the old and one for the young?
Closer inspection made me shake my head. No, rather than one being better than the other, there is a time and a place for both!
And so it is in the spiritual realm as well, this need for two types of consumption...
We need to take the truths of God to heart quickly and be eager to put them to use, but we also need to savor His word and linger over His goodness so that the taste gives lasting pleasure.
And by doing so, young and old alike will be ever well fed.
We fed the young people and we fed ourselves and we had enough for everyone (with leftovers!) and we chatted our way through the cleanup so that it took way longer than it should have and we returned to our respective homes thankful that Bible-school comes only once a year!!!
How's that for a success story on feeding the multitude?
Just in case you wish to know more (and since I promised details!) here are a few things for the record...
We served right around 95 people (10 were children and the rest youth through adult.) Keep in mind, though, that a group of young people never eat as much as you think they should during Bible-school, with their well-fed and under-active lifestyle, so if you were preparing this menu for a crew of young people who had just put in a hard days work, you may want to figure accordingly!!!
Enchiladas: we made 101 and had several pans leftover (exact amount unknown) but I would still make about that many again if I was aiming to feed a crew of this size. Many people only took a portion of an enchilada and few got leftovers, so that's why the amount left seems so high compared to the amount served.
Lettuce: I got 8 heads (a mixture of Romaine, red and green) and we figured that 5 would have been enough! Well, at least there was no danger of running out this time around!!!
Sour Cream: we had 6-16 oz. and should have had at least one more. While we had enough for all the students, one of the men brought a container from home when they came over for supper, or else we would not have had enough for our own enchiladas, which would have been a shame!
Chips: I bought 5- 24 oz. bags and we used about three of them. We had the chips placed in baskets on the tables and I thought that would encourage more munching, but either they weren't in a munching mood or they were just too eager to finish and go play volleyball, because out of baskets meant to feed 8, there was a lot left.
Salsa: we started out with approximately 8 pt. and had several jars leftover, but since we put it out in bowls on the tables, I would get the same again since you need a certain amount to start with. We had three kinds of salsa: mild, medium and hot, and marked the bowls by putting in spoons with the "heat" written on medical tape!
Fried Ice Cream Dessert: Out of 5- 9 by 13 pans, there were about 1 and a half pans left, so here again I think we made the right mount. A lot of the young people inhaled their main dish and then were ready to go on to the next thing (claiming that they were too full for dessert!) but under different circumstances, they may have eaten a piece. And just so you know, this dessert is delicious and always well-received, so even if you're not making it for a crowd, I would recommend whipping up a pan for your family- they'll love you for it! (Find the recipe in this post.)
So there you have it! The absorption of our meal was, as expected, done in whirlwind fashion, and yet I would say that everything went quite well! We didn't even have any interesting catastrophes for me to report, which of course was nice for us, but maybe boring for you!
As I was wondering how to wrap this post up, I was thinking of how quickly the young people absorbed their nourishment at supper time compared to those of us who lingered and savored...
Is one way better than the other?
Is one way for the old and one for the young?
Closer inspection made me shake my head. No, rather than one being better than the other, there is a time and a place for both!
And so it is in the spiritual realm as well, this need for two types of consumption...
We need to take the truths of God to heart quickly and be eager to put them to use, but we also need to savor His word and linger over His goodness so that the taste gives lasting pleasure.
And by doing so, young and old alike will be ever well fed.
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