Evolution of a Salad Bar (for 21 girls!)

About once a month, the "parents" who serve at each of our seven dorms get a well deserved weekend off. This past weekend the Patersons, our friends who serve as dorm parents at Storch took the weekend off to spend time with their older boys who are visiting from Canada. Mark and I volunteered to take care of preparing Sunday lunch for the girls while they worshipped at church. We washed, chopped, sliced and diced lots of veggies and prepared other items to put together a salad bar.


BFA contracts with a local company to provide meals to the dorms Monday through Friday. Imagine institutional food - heavy on the sauce covered meats and carbs and light on fresh, colorful produce. So, when the girls walked in and saw this...

They did this...

I love hugs!!!

Ethan got in on the hugs too! This is Yuni, who is one my small group girls, thanking Ethan. She and Ethan are big buddies.

Mark and I continue to be blessed by the time we spend volunteering in the dorm. We both feel very fulfilled in our professional positions at the school, but connecting with the students in moments like these can carry us for days!
Blessings and peace,
Susan and Mark