Thanksgiving Haiti Style

Our First Haiti Thanksgiving

What a great day we enjoyed celebrating Thanksgiving with our missionary family. We had all the Haiti traditional foods - rice, beans, pineapple, fried plantains, roasted goat, barbecued rat, tarantula skewers...ok, ok, I'm pulling your leg - except for the part about the wonderful celebration with our missionary family! Actually, we had a wonderful turkey and ham meal with all the American traditional foods including stuffing, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn and green bean casserole, and of course pumpkin (and apple) pie. When we called home and our family asked about our meal we told them the only thing we were missing was the whipped topping for the pie. It was a lovely day filled with sunshine and blue skies. We ate our meal at a beautifully-decorated table with handmade "place setting" turkeys thanks to Stacey and Lily. We shared stories about our most memorable Thanksgiving and there were some pretty tough ones to beat! Although it was hard to be away from our family at home, I realized as I looked around the table that we were ALL away from our families at home and yet, God had provided a lovely meal and an even more lovely and diverse group of people to share it with.

Our Cute Turkey Name Place Tags

Of course, there was no football to sleep to after the meal, but most of us (ok, mostly the women) decided that was just fine with us. 

Thanks to everyone who blessed us so much with emails, cards, letters or Facebook posts wishing us a blessed Thanksgiving - we truly had a wonderful day.

Love and miss you all,

Bud and Cindy