Tonight our small group served at Safe Haven, a homeless shelter in Nashville that provides room and board for displaced families. After reading Crazy Love and really being encouraged to serve our neighbors, Allison found Safe Haven and scheduled a night for us to play with the children that are living there. It was such a special time. At one point I looked up at the sky and thought, "Lord, if you decide to take my life right this minute, I would be okay with that. I want you to find me serving your people." It was such an incredible time of fellowship and fun hanging with such amazing children. I can't wait to go back.
Allison serving ice cream.
The kiddos digging into their sweet treats.
Todd getting a new hair-do.
In other news, I made the cilantro-lime chicken recipe that I wrote about yesterday. Oh my goodness. Todd says it's in the top 5 best things I have ever made. I know, he's my husband and will love everything I make, but I'll take the compliment!
Check this out - how good does this look? I can tell you, it's pretty delicious! I also whipped up some blueberry lemonade. A perfect summer meal.
As for the cupcakes that I was going to take to our dinner with friends, I didn't go all out with the Smitten Kitchen recipe. I let Duncan Hines do most of the work, but with a little effort on the presentation, even a box mix can look good.
Hope everyone out in blogland had a great weekend!
I love that you went and played with kids at Safe Haven. So incredible.
ReplyDeleteAnd that chicken and those cupcakes look amazing! If you'd like a second opinion from someone other than your husband on how good it is, I guess I could probably be persuaded to taste it... ;)
Maybe next time I'll wear Nike shorts and a t-shirt?
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those cupcakes look....delicious!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI love Safe Haven - it's a great ministry. Way to serve.
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