(see pictures related to this post) There are so many things to be thankful. We had a great time especially remembering some of those things last week. We have four students over for thanksgiving: two from China, one from Turkey & one from India. Thanksgiving is the one day of the year that I do some of the cooking (The turkey and the stuffing – I’m proud of this…:-) ). This year we had a real treat. We were concerned because our Indian friend is a vegetarian and our Turkish friend doesn’t eat pork (usually sausage in the stuffing) so we asked our Indian friend to bring something that he enjoys eating in addition to the potatoes etc. We brought a wonderful vegetable curry with Indian Rice. It was very delicious, spicy but delicious. We will never forget this.

After a wonderful meal, we had everyone share something they are thankful for. It was neat hearing the student’s hearts. We learned about parents, friends here, opportunities. Our Turkish friend just got married in her country just before she came.   Then my son took out the Risk board and we played a ruthless game of world domination…:-) One comment hit me. A student commented… “I feel like I am at home… eating dinner… playing games together… Oh I miss this.” (The jist of it…) Wow that was awesome.

Here are some other praises for the week:

• The thanksgiving party went very well. We had nearly 100 students (see all our November pictures). Every year we are concerned about food and every year God brings in more than enough through the faithful giving of people at Fielder Road. It is always the feeding of the 5000 personified. In fact we had enough to give trays to the Arlington night shelter. Liz McMurry as always did a terrific job organizing the dinner and the evening. Members of more that one Fielder Road Baptist Chruch small group did a wonderful job of making the students feel very much at home. Praise the Lord.
• The pictures say it all about the Thanksgiving dinner at the Moores. Praise the Lord for his faithfulness.