A Social Life ?!?

Believe it or not, the Eggens have a social life. This Sunday we had a big grill-out at our house, and had eight of our friends and fellow expatriates over. It is a mixed crowd, one being a fellow member of Park Street in Boston working with Food for the Hungry, other members of the SIM mission team, and missionaries with other organizations. There is nothing better than going to church in the morning and coming home to a huge 3.5 kg chunk of meat staring at you, waiting to be grilled and eaten. (Sorry to all of the vegetarians, but we are definitely not one of your group.).

From Misc

Grilling here is a lot of fun, but also a bit more challenging. First off, a lot of houses have a built-in outdoor grill. Our house happens to be one of those. Secondly, they are not propane, and thirdly the charcoal is very large, sort of in a raw form, and there is no lighter fluid here. Definitely not match-light charcoal, but with a bit of practice you kind of get the system figured out.

We grilled our massive quantity of steak, chicken, and sausages and all sat down together for a nice meal. It is fun having friends over and we enjoy the fellowship that we have been blessed with here. After lunch we played a game of Cities and Knights (a version of Settlers of Catan) in teams, and then some people left and others had some left-overs from lunch. With all of the games and food it felt a lot like Thanksgiving.

Then came a minor problem - some people wanted to watch Napoleon Dynamite and some wanted to watch Tommy Boy. The solution - a triple dog dare to our friend Scotty Miser by those who wanted to watch Tommy Boy. If he did it, we watched Napolean Dynamite, if not, we were going to watch Tommy Boy. Fortunately, Scotty was brave enough to eat the sausage sandwich on a cinnamon roll, and even added some BBQ sauce for extra flavor. He said it wasn't all that bad.

From Misc

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the dare system, it would be good to read the following summary of the "Christmas Story" scene:
“At one point in the film one of his friends dares another friend, named Flick, to stick his tongue on the flagpole in front of the school on a snowy winter day. The kid who has been dared shows normal innate common sense until his friend ups the ante by double-daring then double-dog-daring him. At which point the movie’s narrator comments: ‘Now it was serious. A double-dog-dare. What else was there but a “triple dare ya”? And then, the coup de grace of all dares, the sinister triple-dog-dare’. At that point, of course, Flick has no choice but to accept the challenge with the predictably disastrous results”.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-dou2.htm\

That's all for now. The boys are off for their family vacation tomorrow and will share more with you then!