Ham and a New Friend

Our big girls are spending the night with their friends H and J (also sisters) tonight.  Before the sleepover started, we invited for dinner the girls and Melissa, the young woman who is staying with them this weekend.  We had a super fun dinner together, great get-to-know-you conversation, and yummy, super simple food.  We were able to share the best ham we’ve ever had (from the local meat processor shop near my parents’ ranch in Montana) with friends, plus baked sweet potatoes and fresh biscuits.  Cate made some mini chocolate cupcakes (out of bounds for Tom and I due to newly purchased white sugar) that the kids had for dessert.

Melissa told us fascinating and inspiring stories about her childhood and some of the “out of the ordinary” things she and her Christian parents did when she was young, including taking part in segments of a cross country prayer walk when she was a young teenager.  It was refreshing and encouraging to me to see how fondly she told the stories about her family because Tom and I continue to be mindful of the impact that our choice to be obedient has on our girls.  It is our fondest hope that they will increasingly embrace the spirit of FFE in their own special ways in the coming months.

We’ve got one week to go on our food fast, and then we move into the next four weeks of FFE:  clothing.  We’ll be having some lively conversations this coming week, I’m sure, with our kids as we work out the details of our clothing fast month.  I’d love for anyone reading to leave their ideas for how to break the food fast in the comments or on Facebook.   Thanks in advance!