Our third Thanksgiving in Africa was a very nice, but quiet day. We missed watching the Macy's parade with grand kids, playing four square, eating yams and turkey, and lots of noise and confusion and fun! And of course checking out the ads and Black Friday shopping with my girls was missed as well.
But we had a wonderful afternoon with our missionary couples, Binghams, Hatches, and Staggs. We remembered back to the first African Thanksgiving when it was just Brent and me at the table. We're so grateful for good friends in Kinshasa. It such a blessing to have our senior missionary family here. They're terrific and we're so grateful for them.
Binghams made a basket of pies. They were made in the lids of pyrex dishes since pie tins are nowhere to be found. Africa makes you resourceful. They included apple and "pumpkin" pie made from some strange squash and real whipping cream on the top (that set them back $10). They were yummy. Staggs made gourmet hors d'oeuvres, and Hatches were on home-made roll-detail. It was a Thanksgiving feast as good as any at home, even though turkey and yams were missing. But, hey, it's Africa, you can't expect to have everything.
We tried to make it as festive and fun as we could and it turned out pretty well. We even had candy corns and chocolates (our tradition) to use to share our "thankful thoughts."
Brent even found a BYU replay on the computer and also watched part of a very late night football game, so we even had a little football.
We also got to talk to all but one of the kids' families. That was definitely the best part of the holiday. It was a Happy Thanksgiviiiiiiiiiiiiiing!
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