Taco Night

This last week we had a holiday weekend here in Brazil, celebrating the body of Christ. To me, it sounded sort of strange to celebrate the body of Christ. What were we exactly celebrating, his incarnation, his death, or maybe his resurrection? I still don't know. In actuality, it is a Catholic holiday, but it is a Federal holiday here in Brazil as well. So we took the day off with everyone else.

One of the members of our church had a great idea to get everyone together at the church that Saturday evening to celebrate the holiday with tacos! Personally, I thought that sounded like a great idea. What better way to celebrate the body of Christ than with Mexican food! We could get everyone together, enjoy some good food and build more friendship and unity in our congregation. And so we did.

We had a few guys in the church play some music for entertainment, while people hung out and got to know each other a little better. After a bit of a wait, the food finally came out. Now, on a side note, Mexican food prepared by people who have never been around Mexicans, is always going to be a little different than the real thing. But that does not mean it won't be good! Our food was similar to Mexican food, but it still tasted really good. We had hand-made corn tortillas, guacamole, sour cream, beans, a nacho casserole, and grilled chicken and beef. Along with all the little vegetables that were cut up, this feast was an amazing amount of work!

Everyone ate and hung out as the church got to enjoy some time simply relaxing and having fun together. Being together like that really is a blessing because it gives us a chance to build deeper bonds without having to worry about what time we need to get home or the things we need to do the following morning after church as our week begins. Sometimes after church people need to leave quickly and head home. But this Saturday night was free from all that, which was really nice.

Overall, Taco night was a huge success and a blessing for everyone who came. We hope to do some more special events like this in the future to continue to build strong relationships in the church.