Over the past couple weeks, I've had two families from the church over for dinner. I fed each family chicken and potatoes (although cooked in different ways); they each brought a salad; I had ice cream treats for dessert. I'm not really adventurous when it comes to cooking for company.
The families are different but each enjoyable. The kids played or joined in conversation or both (between the two families, they ranged from 8-ish to 18-ish). We talked about church and life and books. One dad took pictures of some of my books so he could look up the titles later! I learned about South Africa and the ending-apartheid years from someone who actually lived there and knew the issues first hand, so that was interesting. I learned the names of the dads (don't judge me; I generally deal with children and moms)!
It was fun. I haven't had people over for a while and I'm glad I finally reached out again. Of course, I'm about to hit my "so very busy" time, so there won't be much showing hospitality for a while. I'll try to remember to make the time for people as they are more important than all the stuff.
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