Dinner Time..

Over the past week Rich and I were able to go out and have guests over to eat a few times. It has been a blessing for both Rich and I to be able to go and fellowship with other believers and to have other believers over for dinner. It talks a lot in the bible about sharing food with each other and to fellowship over food. We have really been able to experience this in just the first few weeks Rich has been here.

One evening Frank, Dottie, Chris, Lindy, Rich and I went out to the Rusty Nail. This was a special treat for us. The food and the company was wonderful. It was a pleasure to meet Frank and Dottie and to be able to spend time with them. They are an amazing couple who truly love the Lord.

From the left-Rich, Chris, Frank, Dottie, Lindy and Shauna

Another day Rich and I were able to join Keren for lunch at Fogo Gauchos. Keren was one of my roommates at Huruma. She is from Israel and has been working as a volunteer at Huruma for a couple months. Keren is Jewish and believes and follows the Jewish customs. It was really nice getting to know her and learning more about Judaism. It was, and still is, my prayer that God will continue to work on her heart and lead her into a relationship with our Saviour.

At Fogo Gauchos they bring you out all the meat you can eat. They have different types of meat to choose from. You can have beef, chicken, pork, fish, shrimp and you can even get crocodile. All the meat is really good. Rich's favorite was the pork. Keren and I really like the beef. Keren could not eat some of the meat according to the Jewish law. At Fogo Gaucho's they also have a salad bar where you can get different types of salads. They also have hot dishes, this time it was shrimp in a coconut sauce that was really delicious. At the end of the meal they bring the "house special" which is fresh pineapple that has Cinnamon and sugar on it and they grill it. It is so good you can't stop eating it.

Rich and I with our server Sammy getting some of the yummy pineapple.

We were also invited to go over to Kamal's house for dinner the other night. Kamal is a great man, whose has an incredible story of how he became a Christian. He and his family live close to the Livingstone Guest House. He has been working with Only Servants Ministry since they got here and he is a friend to all of us. He and his wife wanted us to come to dinner with Chris, Lindy, Frank and Dottie. We had a great Armenian dinner, which Kamal cooked himself. After dinner it was nice to sit around and talk, I was able to play with his kids, which was a lot of fun.

Even with all this going out to eat we still were at the house a lot eating and having people over for dinner. One very special night we were able to have Nathan and Candace Roberts with their kids and Candace's parents over for dinner. It was nice to see them and for Rich to meet more missionaries in Kenya. The Roberts are also from North Carolina and are serving here in Africa. Nathan works for Samaritans Purse.