Pancake Feast

Last week, Regent had their annual pancake feast in the ordinary (aka cafeteria but fancier). We ate delicious pancakes with all the toppings, sang Christmas carols, colored with crayons, our dean read the Christmas story from Luke, we took silly pictures, and I enjoyed fellowship with Renee and Jillian (my off campus friends). I'll post more pictures of the evening as soon as they are on facebook.

It proved to be another example of God's faithfulness as well. I got an email from my RA Sarah earlier that day that suggested I should enter the cookie baking contest they were having. I really didn't want to set myself up for another loss since I had just found out that day that I had not won the why I believe in Regent video contest. But God kept nudging me and I went to Walmart with some of my girls to get the supplies. We didn't have much time when we returned so I whipped up a batch in about 25 minutes start to finish (which is impressive for me!). I didn't even screw them up! I chose an oat, cranberry, white chocolate recipe and they turned out great.

So, a bunch of us met in the hall and walked over together in our PJs. When they were announcing the winners of the various contests, they said they only had one entry for the cookie contest. Me! All my friends at my table freaked out and started cheering before they even announced my name. The announcer said that I won and I was kinda surprised at how loud the applause were in the ordinary. I didn't realize how popular I was! I won two cookie cutters, an oven mitt, and some apple crisp baking mix that were all neatly packed in a lovely gift set. I just marveled at how God reminds me of His goodness. Yes, I missed out on $1,500, but I enjoyed something much more valuable that day: incredible friends!

Here is the type of cookie I made. Yum!