OTHERS.........PREPARING A MEAL FOR A FUNERAL

I FOUND OUT SUNDAY MORNING AT SUNDAY SCHOOL THAT A DEAR FRIENDS FATHER IN LAW HAD GONE TO HEAVEN . WE HAVE "LADIES MISSION CIRCLES" AT OUR CHURCH THAT CARE FOR OUR MISSIONARIES ; SOME DIFFERENT EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR; AND OF COURSE FOR FUNERALS IN OUR CHURCH AND THE MEAL THE FAMILY WILL HAVE AFTERWARD. ....THIS PARTICULAR MAN WAS A WONDERFUL KIND ; GOOD HEARTED MAN THAT WAS ALSO A "SHUT IN" TO OUR
CIRCLE. THAT MEANS WE CARE FOR HIM THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE YEAR WITH CARDS AND VISITS.. THE LEADER OF OUR CIRCLE IS A DEAR FRIEND WHO HAS SUCH A HEART FOR OTHERS AND ALWAYS GIVES HER VERY BEST CONCERNING THESE MEALS. *MAYBE BECAUSE SHE CARED FOR BOTH OF HER PARENTS MANY YEARS
WHEN THEY WERE ILL IN HER HOME UNTIL THEY WENT TO HEAVEN AND CARES FOR HER BROTHER NOW WITH AUTISM..... SHE HAD HER CAR FILLED WITH SO MANY THINGS FROM MEATS; CHEESES; NUTS; CANDIES; CHIPS ECT.....

THIS TIME WE WERE TO PROVIDE A "SNACK MEAL" FOR FAMILY HERE VISITING FOR THE FUNERAL. SHE CALLED ON OUR LADIES FOR HELP AND THEN DID ALL THE SHOPPING....WE HAD SO MANY THINGS... WE MADE A HUGE MEAT TRAY FILLED WITH SEVERAL VARIETIES OF MEATS..... SHE ALSO PROVIDED BREADS; PICKLES AND CONDIMENTS TO GO ALONG WITH THIS. NEXT WE MADE A CHEESE TRAY WITH A VARIETY OF DELICIOUS CHEESES . FOR GARNISH WE USED SOME DARK PURPLE GRAPES IN THE MIDDLE...
SHE FOUND SUCH A GOOD DEAL ON THIS VEGGIE TRAY AT "GFS" SHE WENT AHEAD AND BOUGHT THIS ONE.............
THESE ARE THE "BEST CHOCOLATE CHIP" COOKIES (I KNOW I TRIED THEM!!!)....THESE WERE JUST FROZEN AND READY TO GO. ** MANY A TIME OUR LADIES WILL MAKE DESSERTS TO BRING BUT THIS TIME OUR TIME WAS SHORT SO THIS WENT VERY WELL IN A PINCH AND WERE DELICIOUS....+
I LOVED THIS "FRUIT TRAY" ...NOTICE THE FRUITS ARE NOT ALL "PEELED" BUT THEY ARE READY TO GO TO EAT OR FOR SOMEONE TO TAKE WITH....
A FRUIT SALAD MADE UP OF WATERMELON; MELONS; FRESH PINEAPPLES; AND CANTALOUPE.
I MADE A "PASTA SALAD" USING OUR FRESH TOMATOES; FRESH GREEN PEPPERS....
CHOCOLATE IS GREAT "COMFORT" FOOD!!!!!!!!!
TOMATOES; ONIONS; LETTUCE READY TO GO ON SANDWICHES.............(SHE HAD SEVERAL KINDS OF SANDWICH ROLLS............

As we drove over to the "friends home" and dropped off our things I couldnt help thinking of what it felt like when my dad went to heaven and others brought us "food" .....As the family visited and talked of everything you would see one; then two or more wander over to the kitchen and the food would come out.......... Then we would all "see" what others were having and the "comfort" of love from others eveloped us . The food was there given in love.............. No one was home and we left and as I had prayed for them all morning I was glad in my heart........It wasnt what we had done it was what we had left............LOVE...HIS LOVE!