thanksgiving

thanksgiving was quite different this year! on thursday, i made pizza! it wasn't mashed potatoes and gravy, but at least it was from scratch (no jars of pizza sauce here!). we did video chat with my family. it was fun, but wild. noah and callie and my niece and nephew just talked way too loud and acted crazy on the camera. it was so good to see everyone- almost like being there!

friday night we had thanksgiving dinner with our team leaders. she bought a turkey breast and had smuggled some honey baked ham into the country. boy was that an awesome surprise. i never thought that i'd be so happy about ham, but its been 3 long months... actually it ended up being quite a traditional meal minus the yeast rolls!

here is the best part of thanksgiving (even better that the ham). my mom had sent us a christmas package four weeks ago. the lady at the post office told her that it would only take 2 weeks, so mom has been stressed out! ... where is it, who has opened it, is it lost, have my grandbabies christmas presents been stolen... we had heard that it could take up to two months if it comes at all. then, we would get a slip in our mailbox that we had to take over to the big p.o. on the other side, and pay customs. all in all a huge hassle! anyhow, on thanksgiving morning our bell rings. who is it, but our mailman with mom's package!! it had a few things for now and most things to be put away for christmas. we flipped out! so, i know my mom has been so majorly stressed over it. but, i cannot help but praise the lord for his goodness. what a great day for it to get here!! the customs charge on it was tiny, it was delivered to our building, and it was unopened! can you imagine how excited we were? what a wonderful blessing!
"So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him." matthew 7:11 we thought that we wanted the package as soon as possible. but how much better the father knows us. he knew how to time that package perfectly. what a good gift to have a taste of home on our first holiday away!! i tell you what... our god is good!