Happy Thanksgivings!

Although we we not in America to celebrate Thanksgiving, I can assure you that American Thanksgiving is in us! We have actually celebrated 3 savory Thanksgiving feasts this week. On Thursday we took a trip across the border into South Africa and had a special lunch with just our family and a friend. No turkey that day, but the food was scrumptious! 

Butternut Squash Quiche: excellent!

Dakotah chose a gingerbread cookie for dessert

On Friday we went to Beautiful Gate and shared a more traditional Thanksgiving meal with Bryan and Anita Geurink and many of the BG volunteers. This meal included turkey, mashed potatoes, and all the fixings.

Did you have a Lego turkey decorating your table this year?

Faith with her creation

Hungry?

Josh (Pastor Tim Spykstra's nephew) and his wife Micki joined us as well. They have been volunteering with another mission in Lesotho, encouraging orphaned teens to complete high school. 

Thank you, Anita, for all the great cooking! Anita made two turkeys, mashed potatoes, gravy,
homemade rolls, a pecan pie, and a pumpkin pie from scratch using butternut squash. Delicious!

Today was our third Thanksgiving meal, which we celebrated at the home of the American ambassador to Lesotho. This was another traditional meal followed by swimming in the backyard pool. Not bad, huh? It was very interesting to meet other Americans doing a variety of work here. The ambassador arrived about a month ago, filling a two year vacancy. He seems to be a wonderful man and was a gracious host. 

We are so blessed to be in Lesotho and thank God for calling us here at this time. We also want to thank all of you for supporting us in so many ways. You have made it possible for us to be here, and we don't take that for granted. By the way, we have some special visitors this week. More on that later!