I was at the Detroit Prayer walk this morning and it was
kind of crazy and I ended up praying a lot of different stuff and I was looking
around the city and thinking about the Detroit Mission Trip. This year is a little different because I go
to Haiti June 23-30 and then I come back for a week, and then it’s Detroit
2012! Crazy. While some may serve one week for ‘Detroit’ the hardest parts are
the two weeks before. There is a lot of
prep that goes into it. One of the big
things… groceries. Food is probably the
most expensive thing on the trip.
Feeding 75 –100 people 3 meals a day isn’t easy and it must be good and
cheap. That’s difficult. There are
things to consider like food allergies, veggie peeps, lactose intolerance,
gluten allergies.
I try to work really hard at not only feeding them food that
they like, but getting some nutrition in them!
Watermelon and a veggie tray is always waiting when they arrive from
working all day. Fruit with breakfast & lunch.
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| the start of the stock up! |
I also do my best at keeping costs down. About this time, I start picking things up
‘here and there’. Today I got two boxes
of noodles for $.62 each. Sometimes
it’s a jar of peanut butter, a box of cereal, spaghetti sauce. None of this is added to the cost of the
trip. God blesses me with a good deal,
and I bless the trip.
If you look at the picture, that’s what I’ve got
started. And soon I will be asking for
donations! The cheaper the cost of
food, the more we can spend in other areas!
We try to reach a lot of people of all different ages!
This is the tentative menu:
Everyday is cereal for breakfast (and if I get adventurous
the last day will be pancakes & sausage)
For lunch each group gets:
lunch meat (selection of 2-3 kinds), peanut butter and jelly, fruit
snacks, fruit, cookies, chips, and kool aid.
Tuesday – Mostacolli, garlic bread, a veggie
Wednesday – Taco Night chicken or beef (it’s really ground
turkey) tacos, Spanish rice, salsa, beans, nacho cheese, chips
Thursday – BBQ chicken, pasta salad, potato salad, veggies
Friday – Pizza
Every night has dessert – typically ice cream sandwich cake,
cupcakes, banana pudding
Plus snacks like chips, pretzels, drinks
I can’t wait!
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