Thanksgiving

(Sorry I’m just now posting this but my internet is not working very well, something with the provider.) This Thanksgiving was my third one here in Costa Rica, which is so hard to believe; yet it has to be one of the best. This year I didn’t wake up sad that I wasn’t with my family. I wasn’t sad that I wasn’t in the states. Sure, I wish I got to sit at the table with my family in Jeff City but I was thankful that God has given me another family. Not a new family nor a better family but another family.

The morning was a warm and beautiful morning that by afternoon, of course, changed to chilly and rainy. I started the morning by sleeping in some and then a walk up to Jimmy’s Frutiera (place to by fruits and veggies) to pick up some fruit for Thanksgiving Dinner. When I got home I turned on the Macy’s Day parade and cut up fruit, talked to several friends back in the states and got ready. I met up with my friend Melissa to take the bus to meet another friend, Abbey, to head to Tres Rios. (In picture: Katie, Melissa, me and Abbey).

It was a fun and relaxing day. I met a new girl named Katie, who was here for a week on a vision trip. We hung out at my friends, Brian and Cathi Duggan’s home where several other families joined in the celebration. For the first time that I have been in Costa Rica I had turkey for Thanksgiving and oh was it just delicious! We had the full spread of food.

What a wonderful God we serve who gives us so much to be thankful for! I decided this month that I would keep a Thanksgiving list in which every day I wrote one thing I was thankful for in that day. I will be posting it here in just a few days. It has been so fun to do that I think I’m going to do that every month. November is not the only month in which we should give thanks. Happy Thanksgiving to all!

The Turkey!! Need I say more?

The Feast!

The Desserts! Pumpkin Pie - I went back twice!

I think even Oreo got her fill of turkey.