Christmas Feast

To view a video of this years Christmas feast visit:

http://www.youtube.com/user/SacredRoad#p/u/0/gERF3jVmW6o

Here are a few of my reflections from the feast:

This year my perspective of the Christmas Feast comes mostly from inside the kitchen.  We, which includes Mary, me, several local church small groups, women and men from the community, and helpers from the Tri-cities and Seattle areas, cooked and served a Christmas dinner to 400+ people.  The meal consisted of ham, turkey, venison, salmon, mashed potatoes, gravy, potato salad, fruit salad, green beans, relish plates, cranberry sauce, fry bread, rolls, and the largest array of Christmas desserts I have ever seen.  As the meal time drew closer we were joined by more and more women from the community.   We had fry bread being made in one corner for several hours.  There were women cutting up venison roasts, while others filled 50 bowls of mashed potatoes and green beans.  It was bustling.  I spent several years in High school working for a catering company and when the time drew close for the meal to be out and served stresses were always high.  Well, that was not the case at the feast. It was busy, but it was full of joy.  Everyone was excited to be able to serve so much food to so many people.  It was fun to watch the women in the community take ownership of the food that was being served and to work under their capable guidance.  

Thank you for all of you who were praying the night of the feast.  I know that your prayers were the reason we had such a calm and enjoying time in the kitchen on the night of the feast.

To read more reflections from our stay go to http://sacredroadyakama.blogspot.com.