Thanksgiving

Now that I'm getting caught up on posts, I wanted to put up some photos of our Thanksgiving celebration (on the actual holiday of Thanksgiving. Organized by me and Melissa Maddux, a Church of Christ missionary, we had about 30 people and nationalities including American, Dutch, Mozambican, and Canadian. No turkey this year - it was toooo pricey at about $60 for a turkey at the supermarket. So, we bought frozen chickens from the Christian business here in Nampula that sells them, and the staff at the SIL center roasted them for us over the fire. Yummy! SIL has a translation center here in Nampula that is a hub for missionary activity. It has housing for passers-through to rent (it was built to house their missionaries and translators for seminars), the missionary kids' school is there, and the Sunday night english fellowship meets on site. We had the opportunity to rent their dining hall and use their staff to cook the chicken, set up the tables and wash the dishes.

Here's Ben and his little Dutch friend, Eslie. I am sure I am spelling it wrong. Ben had his chicken bone and was rolling around on the floor. During the evening, we had some excitement when a huge bunny spider was spotted creeping across the floor. It was quickly caught between two bowls, and the MKs had a great time looking at it. Ewwww.

It was really so nice to celebrate this special day with our friends and colleagues, and to be thankful for all that we have been blessed with in the past year. And the yummy food didn't hurt any,either! We had REAL mashed potatoes (mashed by hand by exhausted Melissa!) and apple and pumpkin pie (made from scratch), and all sorts of other good things. - Cami