{"id":1481,"date":"2015-05-31T18:53:34","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T23:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/?p=1481"},"modified":"2015-06-02T13:49:53","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T18:49:53","slug":"week-of-agape-feasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/2015\/05\/31\/week-of-agape-feasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Week of agape feasts!"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Early Christians shared agape<\/em> (love) feasts in their small communities. Somehow eating together creates a space where we can be vulnerable and present. By sharing our food, or by coming empty handed and receiving from another’s bounty, we enter true communion. Dependent on physical nourishment, we connect with the root of our human need. We are blessed by the generosity of a farmer’s labor, the Earth’s abundance, the joy of companionship” (Richard Rohr, daily meditations).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

During the last two weeks, we have been experiencing\u00a0this type of love feast with dear friends we have come to love here in Oaxaca. A week ago\u00a0Thursday the women’s group representing a variety of Covenant churches in the valley came together to celebrate the new life growing in my womb! \u00a0There was an even bigger celebration once they found out we are expecting a baby girl! \u00a0It was a day full of excellent food, fun games and dramas that made us laugh until we cried,\u00a0touching\u00a0words of love and appreciation and many hugs. \u00a0My heart was filled\u00a0with gratitude for each of these special women.<\/p>\n

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Friday our boys wanted to go to Pastor Memo’s house one more time for his wife Estela’s famous molotes<\/em>, tlayudas<\/em>, tostadas and taquitos. \u00a0We invited our close\u00a0friends Eduardo and Nimsi and their two girls along. \u00a0Nimsi lived with us for a while in Monterrey right before she married Eduardo. \u00a0They have been working in Oaxaca with Living Water, an organization that seeks to bring drinking water to villages in Oaxaca while sharing the good news of God’s love. \u00a0We have enjoyed many meals together during this last year they have been in Oaxaca.<\/p>\n

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On Saturday our boys and Sammy Restrepo went to stay overnight at Raquel and Yolitzin’s house in Zaachila. \u00a0This mother and her two daughters have\u00a0become family to us as they have welcomed us into their home many times for meals together and Yolitzin has been a faithful and fun babysitter for our boys. \u00a0I have had the privilege of witnessing Yolitzin’s growth in her relationship with Christ and love for Scripture as I have discipled her these last two years. \u00a0The boys had so much fun in Zaachila, a small agricultural town just outside of the city. \u00a0On Sunday morning they walked into town to the molinero<\/em> to grind corn so they could\u00a0make tortillas for breakfast. \u00a0After helping to make the tortillas, they enjoyed a yummy breakfast of Oaxacan hot chocolate and\u00a0memelas<\/em> (tortillas with black bean sauce, fresh crumbled cheese and Mexican sausage chorizo<\/em>). \u00a0While the boys\u00a0were in Zaachila, we went downtown with our dear friends and colleagues the\u00a0Restrepos to enjoy a meal at one of our favorite Oaxacan restaurants!<\/p>\n

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Last\u00a0Sunday Nils preached at the church in Zaachila and then\u00a0afterward\u00a0we went out for empanadas de mole amarillo<\/em> and quesadillas made with squash blossoms with the Restrepos, Raquel, Yolitzin and Daniel (a Bolivian friend, who we know from Monterrey where he volunteered with the youth group at the Family Foundation and is here now helping Fuentes Libres with a project).<\/p>\n

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Oaxacan cuisine\u00a0is an art and is becoming internationally known. \u00a0Oaxacan women, in particular, take great pride in cooking meals with a variety of flavors and colors. Oaxaca has over 200 known preparations for mole<\/em>,\u00a0a complicated sauce based on one or more chili peppers.\u00a0Oaxacan moles require multiple ingredients and long cooking time, and for this reason are traditionally served only for special occasions. Today at church, they had a goodbye party for us and served my favorite mole: coloradito<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Reflecting upon the celebrations\u00a0of this last week, I am\u00a0fully\u00a0aware of God’s presence within each person and thankful for the food that makes life possible and the love that makes life meaningful. \u00a0What an agape feast! \u00a0We are blessed by the many friends in Oaxaca who have become family, and we will miss them this next year.<\/p>\n

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