I miss being a CaresTeam some days.  I miss the challenge and struggles off feeding the masses dinner on $20.  There was something greatly gratifying about conquering the obstacles that we had in our ministry and finding success in that apartment complex.  One of my favorite things used to be our biweekly shopping trips where I would spend hours scouring the weekly grocery store ads and planning all of our events and cooking around what was on sale and how much we could save.  I loved to accomplishment of spending $30 while saving $50.

Even though I’m no longer in charge of feeding the crowd, I still find joy in shopping the bargains on a smaller scale,.  So today after combing through the ads and planning meals for the next two weeks, we headed off to conquer the grocery list.  At the end of the day, the freezer, fridge and pantry were stocked.  We had saved 21% more than we spent and have everything needed for breakfast, lunch and dinner for the next few weeks.  Now, who wants to come over for dinner?