Bountiful Feast

The other night as I attended an appreciation dinner at church that was provided to persons involved with our homeless outreach ministry. 

Our ministry to house-less friends offers meals daily and has different programs every day like legal aid, healthcare, haircuts, job training, ect. It is a beautiful ministry that has transformed my heart and helped me to form beautiful friendship with folks I might have never connected with outside of the walls of the church. 

 Well, the man who has been helping lead it is a wonderful man named E. E is an "ex-con" with a "hard" past- his own words- who has had a transformational experience and now works for the church at large as a local pastor and with this ministry as a minister and (I PROMISE THIS IS TRUE) the best cook you could ever hope to meet.

 E decided he wanted to host a meal for the house-less friends and all those who come and help volunteer and offer services. We all were under the impression it would be a simple dinner- he was funding it himself. E does not live a 'high life' and so the offer already was generous. We all know that E can cook well and that whatever he offered would be a delicious offering. 

I am not sure if you have seen the movie Babette's Feast- this is a movie about a french maid who is connected to some sisters and long story short after winning the lottery or something like it she spends all of her money on offering those she has bonded with a french meal fit for a five star restaurant.

The meal that E offered to the house-less friends and volunteers of the ministry was Babette's Feast come to life. 

The meal seemed to never end and was 5 star quality. He spared not one expense and served every single person with a smile and thank you. This beautiful meal was this real life outpouring of love just like that offered by Babette. I was in tears, beautiful. I wish I could do more justice by explaining but the only words i have was to say that i experienced babette's feast and was beyond blessed. 

I encourage you all to check out the film for yourself (you will not regret seeing this treasure): 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvNifgj_dv4

* A huge thanks to one of my div school professors and favorite mentors for first introducing me to this beautiful and rich film.