Hello, friends!
Sorry that I've been out of commission for the past week. NSO stuff has been crazy. On Wednesday ACF hosted a relay race that was really well attended and everyone had a lot of fun. Meg and I have been busy meeting students, attending meetings of other student orgs (including kickball and game nights!) and getting everything ready for our first Large Group next Wednesday. Because of that, I haven't had a chance tell you all about our Bonfire last Friday!
Here was the plan: set our backyard on fire, grill up some meat and sugar, and invite a bunch of folk to see if they want to join us in setting meat and sugar on fire. =0). Ok, it wasn't quite like that but it was still a rocking good time.
Based on our best estimates, we were expecting somewhere around 70-80 folk showing up, which meant that we needed a lot of food. Of course, we also didn't want to spend too much money as it would mean fewer meals down the road (in order to stay within our budget). So, our plan was to spend $120 for 80 people, or about $1.50 per person. Our menu included hotdogs (with all the fixin's), fried rice, corn, sweet potatoes, baked beans, fruit, and s'mores for dessert.
This is where it gets fun.
Miracle 1) We actually stayed on budget. Both Meg and I have this problem where when it comes to food we'd rather overbuy than underbuy. I suppose it isn't really a problem but it can lead to us going over budget because either we want more variety (Meg) or we want folk to eat more (me). Thankfully, after tallying up the receipts, we bought all the food we wanted and were on budget. Praise Jesus!
Miracle 2) Everyone showed up and everyone ate their fill. How we ended up cramming 70 people into our backyard around our fire ring is a little bit beyond me but it worked! The spread of food looked great and everyone had a fun time eating and meeting one another. For many of the international students it was their first time eating a s'more, which was a lot of fun to watch. =0).
Miracle 3) There was actually TONS of food left over! I'm not saying it was a "12 baskets" kind of situation, but there was definitely food left over. When you couple that with the fact that everyone ate enough and that we stayed under budget, I am definitely calling that a miracle. Meg said that she and a student leader prayed over the food before the bonfire started, that it would multiply and there would be enough. As far as I'm concerned, that definitely happened.
Miracle 4) Better than Miracle 1, we actually ended up UNDER budget. Some of the stuff we were able to return and some of the stuff we were able to use for other events. All said and done, we probably spent around $90 on this event, meaning that we spent a little bit over $1 per person and saw everyone full with tons of food left over to give away at the end of the night.
Friends, God is so good. Having a few hotdogs and some corn left over at the end of the night may not seem a big deal but when you look at it, it really just shows God's goodness and provision. I'm not saying that this will happen every time but it sure was fun to see God multiply food and people.
Have an excellent day!
~Adam
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