What an awesome Thanksgiving. There is one other American (Jess) here right now so we hosted Thanksgiving dinner for about 25 people. Michelle (New Zealander) helped us even though this was also her first Thanksgiving. We ordered chickens for the meal because you can't get turkey here. I made sure to specify that I wanted dead chickens 'cause you just never know around here. I don't usually eat turkey in the States for Thanksgiving but I wanted to get it here because it is so traditionally Thanksgiving but we made do with the chickens. Also, ham is very expensive here so that is why we went with the chickens.
Cooking here is interesting to say the least. You've got the altitude issues (I'm at about 6300ft here), the stove and oven are gas and it is extremely hot. There is no such thing as simmer or warm on these dials. Plus, it is difficult to find ingredients that you are used to cooking with. All in all, I thought it was a great night. We were worried that we wouldn't have enough food but we actually had leftovers.
We played a game where we drew names and we went around the room and said why we were thankful for that person. My family had done this once in the past and I thought it was a great way to spend Thanksgiving. It was so cool to hear some of the reasons why everyone was thankful for the others. Mussie had to translate the whole evening so I am not sure that he really enjoyed his Thanksgiving but I am very grateful that he was willing to be our translator. In the end we had US Citizens, New Zealanders, Ethiopians, and for a short while, a Canadian.
I spent most of the evening holding an impoverished newborn that now has a hope and a future because God used Blessing the Children to rescue her and her family. Can't really get more thankful than that, can you?
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