If Three is Company...

Then what is eleven??

For starters, it's the number of mouths we fed one night a little more than a week ago. At the time there were nine (now there are twelve) missionaries here for paperwork regarding visas and immigration cards. We decided it would be fun to feed them. I know, what were we thinking...

What you see here is one meatloaf, eighteen stuffed (packed is more like it) peppers, mashed potatoes, boiled carrots, tomato & cucumber salad, and two of three purchased loaves of bread. With one sister and eight elders we wanted to make sure we had enough to feed our guests! We finished off with some fresh baked chocolate chip cookies. Dinner took a little while, so I literally stood outside our door with a plate full of hot cookies on napkins to distribute as the missionaries left. I think they were most excited about the fresh-baked cookies... none of them have had fresh, warm chocolate-chip cookies since leaving home (and they have all been serving for 6-12 months).

We didn't even have enough chairs to go around! Two of the missionaries sat on the arms of the sofa-chairs! And we had to borrow 3 sets of silverware from our neighbor!
The two Elders in the back dished out all of our plates. At the end of the meal they both managed to sneak to the kitchen and start doing the dishes too!