Kitchen Corner

This is an article I wrote for our Newsletter that we just sent out! It's a new school with new students and new challenges! It's hard to believe that I am now coming up on three years of working in the kitchen here. Two students are assigned to help me with dinner prep each week day. Typically, the girls who help me begin their time in the kitchen with little to no idea how to cook. I am able to come alongside them and teach them basic cooking skills. This is a lot of fun because I have had a long history of cooking. Ten years back, when I was eleven of age, my first memory of cooking involving my brother Danny and I. Together we created the ultimate birthday cake for our grandpa's birthday. This involved us mixing in everything that we could thing of that we would want in a cake. As the years went on I learned how to make a real cake and how to regularly cook for more than fifty people. From cooking at home for our guest house to helping cook for 200 pastors from all over Europe to taking culinary classes in school to cooking for 400 people at a Christmas party last year, I've had a great education in the kitchen and love that I now get to teach others and serve people. Teaching others how to cook can be very challenging, especially during moments when an assisting student accidentally burns me with a hot pan or pot. Other times I've had flour explosions in the kitchen, and other times have involved glass measuring cups shattering on the floor. Still, moments of pain, messes, and chaos are made worth it because I know that my time in the kitchen is more that just "work." It's part of my ministry with YWAM. I'm able to minister to the spiritual and emotional needs of the girls who assist me and together we're able to minister to the physical needs of each person who enjoys a meal on our campus. So if you're ever in the area, swing on by for nutritious and delicious meal, topped off with the godly fellowship of the residents of our campus!