Record dinner
Sunday, March 27th, 2011Last night there was a dinner for the church young adults in our house. After a few last minute additions and drop outs, we ended up 25 adults and four children. It is the most we have had for dinner, but by now we have got a bit of a system for such numbers. As well as cooking most of Saturday afternoon, it meant a couple of days of cleaning (which the house needed anyway, so the dinner was a good excuse and motivation for some spring cleaning). So we were quite tired by the end of it. We decided as well that it was not a good idea to do it on the night that the clocks go forward for the beginning of daylight savings! As a novelty for the Italians, who usually have limited culinary experiences and preferences, we prepared Mexican food (tacos), which went down well (literally). The rest of the evening went well also, with a talk and discussion to get the group of young adults active and effective again, after more than a year in hibernation. They are planning to meet again shortly, so we pray that the group will become as strong as it once was.
As usual in this period, there is another big event this week, actually a series of them. During the weekend the International Director of ECM will be visiting Trento, and will give talks and lead discussions on church planting on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon. He will then preach on Sunday morning, when there will also be the commissioning service for those who will be going to plant the Rovereto church. So it will be a special and probably moving event as well.