It's missions week at church!!!
If you follow me you know I love missions and I love missions conference at church. We have it every year in October- We have had it for as long as I can remember. My parents have hosted people in their home for years. I have wonderful memories of listening to the missionary stories. I love their hearts for the people who don't yet know Jesus and for spreading the Good News to all people and nations.
We kick off the morning service with the parade of nations.
The first Sunday evening of the conference we have the International Food Court. We have between 10-15 tables of international food set up for people to try. People in the congregation sign up to make food. We serve any where from 130-180 people.
This year my mom made homemade Humus and served them with pita chips. I had Pad Thai and then my teas.
I like to do a tea station each year. This year I did Bedouin hot tea from Israel and an iced Bissap tea from West Africa.
When I was working with some international workers this fall, they gave me some of their favorite tea from the Holy Land. It was a Bedouin Tea. They said it was their favorite tea there. It was a black tea with sage and cardamom and they drank it with honey.
Even my cat, Orange Pekoe was a fan of the tea. I had to get another cup of it, since he drank from my cup.
I decided that was the tea I needed to get and serve.
"The Bedouin tea infusion of "Yoffi" is the only infusion that contains black tea and is based on the local flavors of the Bedouin diaspora.
The desert landscape of the Negev, tents, camels and palm trees are featured on the tea package.
Imagine yourself hiking in the desert. It is definitely fun, but the hot sun and sand all around make you feel thirsty. Luckily, not far from you stands a Bedouin tent. You go inside and get a warm and emotional welcome. The host serves you a glass with a steaming black drink..is that coffee? No, this is an infusion of black tea with sage and cardamom, a very rich and unique taste. Amazing, but despite the heat outside, the Bedouin tea infusion manages to quench your thirst." From the website.
One of the ladies made Macarons for the food court. They were amazing!! I loved the hot Bedouin tea with the delicious cookies.
Since we were having a worker from Guinea, I made Bissap. Bissap is a tea I learned to make and enjoy when I went to Conakry West Africa.
Bissap is straight up Hibiscus with sugar. In Guinea they sometimes used vanilla sugar, so I used that as well. This is always a super sweet tea for me. And I add way more sugar than I would use if I were making it for myself. They use at least a cup of sugar per gallon...I could not do that, but I did about 3/4 C of sugar per gallon. The kids all love it and it seems to be a favorite with them.
The international worker said I did good, but it was still tart for her. I had to chuckle, I just couldn't add more sugar. hahahaha
Psalm 96:3
Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all the peoples!
Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all the peoples!
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