Serving Bread

“Eddy, you need a bigger house!” Kaitlyn told me in response to our dinner guests. Maybe she’s right.

On Monday, we hosted a Thanksgiving Feast for our community of students. Over 50 people packed into our home for food and fun. Because it was potluck style, students brought most everything except the meat. I cooked up two 18 pound turkeys and a slab of ham. Since our living room is not big enough for the army of people we expected, we also cleared out the garage and set up a few chairs to spread the crowd all over the house.

I’m thankful to God for the ways he has formed our community this fall. Students are enjoying the community they are building and the friendships that I imagine will last a lifetime. The feast on Monday is a healthy and necessary picture of how God is blessing CSUN and Pierce College students in community. In addition to many of the regulars, a handful of new students joined us for the day. I’m encouraged that students feel comfortable inviting their friends to our house and a Christian event in general.

Apart from the encouragement that comes with the numbers, I am thankful and encouraged to see people enjoying the company of friends. These friendships will be a blessing now and a blessing for years to come. How exciting!