The Real Thanksgiving

On Saturday we had three families join us for our 'real' Thanksgiving celebration. It felt like an old-fashioned, American celebration if you blocked out the elephant trumpeting in the background. We all shared the food responsibilities and even had pecan pie, thanks to Molly's parents who are here visiting one month from North Carolina. They brought 2-75lb bags full of food from America when they arrived, one bag contained a Costco size bag of pecans. Molly's Dad calculated the price of pecans in Thailand-$40/lb, a little pricey!

I had even found a Yankee Candle in Bangkok ($45), but it added so much to the atmosphere. With the candle, festive table, holiday music, wonderful food, and new US friends here in Thailand it made for a wonderful Thanksgiving day. During our traditional time of sharing thanks Dustin shared, "I'm thankful that I'm not lonely here in Thailand. We prayed that God would send us friends and he has." I would say that all of us could echo that. God has been so good to send us great friends here in this foreign land and we are so thankful.

After getting that familiar 'I'm sooo full' Thanksgiving feeling, Mark commented that all would have been perfect if we just had a football game to watch. Instead, the guys played a hearty game of basketball, the young-uns won, while the ladies cleaned up the kitchen and visited around the sink! Just like home!!!