A Small, Quiet Miracle

Tonight was our ward's Christmas Party. Our Activity Committee Chairperson, Cory Molloy (who is also a good friend of ours) was working hard to get everything ready. While we were there helping to get everything set up, she was starting to panic because she was not getting the help she was expecting and the party was starting with a few decorations still to be put up and not nearly enough food. Twelve people had signed up to bring side dishes, but with a Cultural Hall full of people, only four had been brought! After the opening prayer, the kids rushed the food table and began piling food on their plates! Several of us stood by to monitor and make sure that they only took a little bit and left food for others behind them.

Cory Molloy, Sister Orquiz (a sister missionary) and I were standing at the end of the table. With less than half the ward already gone through the line, we knew there was no way that food was going to last. Cory said she wanted to go into another room and cry. We told her not to worry, that it would be okay. And it was.

As we stood there and watched, spoonful after spoonful came out of the dishes, but nothing seemed to change. I thought to myself, "The food doesn't seem to be going down." Sister Orquiz said, "We are watching the Feeding of the 5000." I said, "I was thinking the same thing!" We stood there with tears in our eyes as we watched the entire ward go through the line, and though the last person was scraping the last little grains of rice and noodles from the bottoms of dishes, everyone got food! We thankfully witnessed a small, quiet miracle. In this season of giving, we truly received!

See all of the pictures HERE.