Blog stolen from my teammate, Samantha.
Staying with a family from the UK.
My team leader is from Switzerland.
With
three of us on our World Race team, an English teacher, and a
missionary all from the U.S. gathered at SHE this week, naturally we
celebrated the American Thanksgiving holiday.
The morning devotion began our focus of being thankful today. We are all thankful for life and the many blessings we have.
The center smelled lusciously of pumpkin all throughout the day.
Homemade pumpkin lattes, pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin crepes, roasted
pumpkin seeds, and pumpkin custard were just a few of the delectable
treats we enjoyed. [The Thai women learned how to make these pumpkin
concoctions and copied the recipes for future SHE celebrations.]
I
would like to point out that Theresa, the U.S. missionary who lives in
India was a pumpkin rockstar! She definitely had the “pumpkin
annointing” today.
One
of the Thai women tried to convince me that the food was “not
delicious” so that more would be left over for her to eat. I saw right
through her scheme. 🙂
Needless
to say, by the end of the day, I had a pumpkin baby growing inside of
me. My only regret? I didn’t get a picture of it… HOWEVER. If you
click here you can see the video from the end of the night. I only wish we were acting. 🙂
Throughout
the day, Christmas songs filled the air reminding us that the holiday
season has begun, and we can be very thankful for our Savior, Jesus
Christ.
