Special Christmas dinner with special friends.
We decided to make a special dinner for the wonderful women who cook for the children of Mololoa everyday. We had been discussing Christmas foods and the difference between a Honduran Christmas dinner and an American Christmas dinner. There is a world of difference. I explained that one is not better than the other just different and we should appreciate them for their differences. So Jen and I decided to make an American Christmas dinner for all the women who work in the kitchen and the volunteers and their families.
Okay, a lot of work. Cooking started early on Friday for an afternoon dinner on Saturday. We loaded everything up in the trucks and used the kitchen in Mololoa for the finishing touches. We cleaned the classrooms and set out the tables. We brought table clothes, silverware, glass dishes and glasses, decorations and candles. We wanted something special for the ladies.
They were a little timid at first, we told them to just take a little of each food and try it, that they could get more of what they liked and didn't have to eat what they didn't like. Everyone took their food and the fun began. The turkey was a huge hit. Everyone liked the turkey, sweet potatoes so-so. Green bean casserole not so much, my end of the table didn't like the olives but Jen's did. The stuffing was a complete bust. No one liked it. The cranberry sauce was fun and we all laughed when the baby made the same face that the adults were making (it was much cuter 0n the baby). We ate and ate and laughed and talked and then came dessert.
We had made pumpkin pie, pineapple upside down cake, chocolate banana cake, chocolate delight, jello cubes and I don't remember the rest. I didn't even get a bite, nor did Jen or Brandy, gone, every last crumb. I was glad that they enjoyed it.
After dinner we gave each family a large plastic tub filled with beans, rice, sugar, cornmeal, fruits (pineapple, tangerine, bananas) veggies(papasta, carrots, tomatoes) candy, cookies, a hand towel, matches, soaps and a few other things as well. They were very happy. We took a group photo, and all the ladies want a copy.
They all agreed some of the food was good some wasn't, but it was a wonderful time to get to spend in fellowship with our friends and co-works. I Thank God for open hearts and minds that can accept that we can be different, not better not worse just different and know that we can still be sisters.
Okay, a lot of work. Cooking started early on Friday for an afternoon dinner on Saturday. We loaded everything up in the trucks and used the kitchen in Mololoa for the finishing touches. We cleaned the classrooms and set out the tables. We brought table clothes, silverware, glass dishes and glasses, decorations and candles. We wanted something special for the ladies.
They were a little timid at first, we told them to just take a little of each food and try it, that they could get more of what they liked and didn't have to eat what they didn't like. Everyone took their food and the fun began. The turkey was a huge hit. Everyone liked the turkey, sweet potatoes so-so. Green bean casserole not so much, my end of the table didn't like the olives but Jen's did. The stuffing was a complete bust. No one liked it. The cranberry sauce was fun and we all laughed when the baby made the same face that the adults were making (it was much cuter 0n the baby). We ate and ate and laughed and talked and then came dessert.
We had made pumpkin pie, pineapple upside down cake, chocolate banana cake, chocolate delight, jello cubes and I don't remember the rest. I didn't even get a bite, nor did Jen or Brandy, gone, every last crumb. I was glad that they enjoyed it.
After dinner we gave each family a large plastic tub filled with beans, rice, sugar, cornmeal, fruits (pineapple, tangerine, bananas) veggies(papasta, carrots, tomatoes) candy, cookies, a hand towel, matches, soaps and a few other things as well. They were very happy. We took a group photo, and all the ladies want a copy.
They all agreed some of the food was good some wasn't, but it was a wonderful time to get to spend in fellowship with our friends and co-works. I Thank God for open hearts and minds that can accept that we can be different, not better not worse just different and know that we can still be sisters.
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