Happy Thanksgiving!!

As a tradition, the compound gets together to celebrate Thanksgiving Day. It is the only holiday that they celebrate and they go all out. It's a day for missionaries only(and their vistors, of course:)

(Sorry I thought I could have pics for you, but am having issues loading from anything but the iPhone, and we didn't take any with that today)

Did I mention that they go all out?

The decorations were beautifully done. 

The food was, well, can I say, more than I've ever had in America for thanksgiving? And I'm not faulting these guys. They and their families sacrifice a lot of the comforts that we enjoy, simply by choosing to serve in Africa. 

The afternoon was spent in games for all. 

And subs and pie and ice cream for supper. (All an extraordinary treat here)

The youth and guys did dishes all day and thanks to the luxury of paper plates from the states, their job was lightened....

We got rained out by a passing storm at the beginning of supper which added much chaos to the meal...and for the first time since I'm here, I was cold. I came home shivering! But I'm warmed up already:)

And off to bed because tomorrow means getting packed for a week in the bush....