{"id":1127,"date":"2011-02-17T15:14:48","date_gmt":"2011-02-17T20:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=1127"},"modified":"2011-02-17T15:15:50","modified_gmt":"2011-02-17T20:15:50","slug":"reflection-on-food-and-cooks-at-pastors-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2011\/02\/reflection-on-food-and-cooks-at-pastors-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Food and Cooks at Pastors Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cooks at the Pastors Conference did an outstanding job.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1132\" style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/01\/buffet-line.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1132\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1132  \" title=\"buffet line\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/01\/buffet-line.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Buffet Line<\/p><\/div>\n<p>2,245 pastors and spouses attended.  A conference does not work in Congo like it does in the US where we all head out to neighboring restaurants to eat.  Here there is a team of men and women who cook all the food for the huge group.  They had tea and maybe a fried plaintain for breakfast.  Dinner was served pretty much on time.  People were divided into 5 large groups for the noon meal.  Each person brought their own plate, cup and silverware.  The lines were long, but moved well.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1131\" style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/01\/buffet-line-wait.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1131\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1131  \" title=\"buffet line wait\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/01\/buffet-line-wait.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Waiting for Food<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Incomprehensible for me to think about\u2014how much of this and that do you need for this large a group?  I heard from others that they like Gbado-Lite for a large event like this because the people have done very well with the food, they know how to do it and do it well. \u00a0Here are pictures of each cooking team:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1128\" style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/01\/cooks-rice-team.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1128\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1128   \" title=\"cooks- rice team\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/01\/cooks-rice-team.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Rice Ready-ers<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1129\" style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/01\/cooks-pondu-preparers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1129\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1129   \" title=\"cooks- pondu preparers\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/01\/cooks-pondu-preparers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Pondu Preparers<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1130\" style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/01\/cooks-fuku-team.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1130\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1130   \" title=\"cooks- fuku team\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/01\/cooks-fuku-team.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Fuku Fellowship<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=1127&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cooks at the Pastors Conference did an outstanding job. 2,245 pastors and spouses attended. 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