We hosted house church last night at our place - it turned out to be an interesting night! It was great to see everyone. As a host, one's responsibilities include feeding everyone for the evening. Well, as some of you may know, I'm not the most proficient cook just yet. In particular, cooking for more than 4 people is something I consider scary. I ask the Tran family if they'll get involved with me. So, yesterday, Bao leaves work early and buys a load of pork chops for the evening (disaster 1 averted - not being grocer-ily prepared). She and Sun (Zhun?) marinate the meat and then decide to leave to go fishing. In the meanwhile, Cong, who was originally not going to show up, is able to stay, and ends up grilling the meat and cooking some chinese veggies. (disaster 2 averted - I didn't have to cook - this is good for everyone else!) Around 7:30 people begin to arrive, and slowly but steadily our house fills up. It ended up being a lot of people! Probably close to the most I've ever seen at our house church, and definently more than we expected. So Cong and I look at each other nervously thinking the same thing - "we don't have enough food." We asked God to provide enough food for everyone, and lo and behold, it happened to worked out - just enough, down to the last pork chop. Whew! What were we nervous about in the first place?? (disaster 3 averted - everyone is fed!) And we had creme-popsicles and ice cream cake and regular cake for desert. A fun and encouraging night.