Thanks for Johnny Bread!

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day. The St. John's and St. Ben's students are hosting and cooking a Thanksgiving meal for their teachers and friends, bringing this American tradition here to Southwest University. All in all there will be over 50 people there.

The students in charge have taken this on with gusto, trying to get as close to a traditional Thanksgiving feast as possible. They made apple crisp today, and it's not easy peeling apples with cleavers! They have purchased many, many pounds of potatoes for mashing tomorrow. We're also having green beans, squash, stuffing, and chicken. Jim is in charge of making the gravy. Keep your fingers crossed.


One student, Kevin Kirwin, had the idea of pleading with the monks at St. John's to airmail us some Johnny bread mix. ("Johnny bread" - a multi-grain, dense bread just made for butter and honey - is a staple at St. John's.) His email must have been compelling; the monks agreed to donate the mix! The International Office came through with the $50! mailing charges, and everyone's hopes were high. But, day after day went by with no package!

Someone up there was looking out for us though. (For the Schnepf family, I think Mom and Harriet were working extra hard on this one!) The bread mix arrived today, Wednesday - the day before Thanksgiving. I think Kevin ran to the post office to pick up the package. We mixed it up, and made Johnny buns.

All of the quality control taste-testers declared them ready to go for tomorrow's feast. We are thankful this year for Johnny bread! (Connie)