Korean tables

Submitted by Editha S.

At the homes of many of our leaders, you can find ‘ Korean folding tables’ tucked away in a closet or behind a couch.  The tables themselves aren’t that special – they are small and rectangular, sitting low above the ground on collapsible legs.  I remember during my freshman year, my leaders inviting me over to their homes to enjoy a home-cooked meal on these tables and take a break from homework and dorm food.  It was during these times I met some of the sisters that would later on gather around a similar table for sophomore small group at Dana House.  Over this table, we shared prayer requests, played games like Blockus and Speed Scrabble, and assembled cards for the elderly and homeless on Valentine’s Day of Compassion.  The summer before my junior year, our small group would cram three or four of these tables into a living room and we would eat together family-style, taste-testing our peer’s concoctions and sharing stories of summer mission trips before doing Bible Study.  To me, the image of a Korean table always conjures up memories of breaking bread and living life together.