Giving Thanks

Blessed blessed blessed.

This is me in class on Thanksgiving...

This is the combined efforts of everyone to make a very special Thanksgiving dinner. That's my stuffing in the middle :) We all had lots of fun searching for ingredients, recipes, and ovens to make our favorite Thanksgiving foods.

These are called patacones (fried plantains). Yum.

Here's the family.

I have to admit that I was quite sad to not be with my family, but Thursday was a very blessed day. I'm looking at three more weeks in this amazing place. In a lot of ways, I feel like my mind is already at home. Conversations with friends always turn to airplanes, packing, Christmas, family, and boyfriends as we all are beginning to process the coming home idea. We're talking about what we've learned, what we've seen, what we want to take home from this. We're talking about the excitement and the nerves of reentering a life that we've left behind for 3 months. I don't know what it will be like, but I do know I'm so so thankful for this time. I'm thankful so thankful for each breath. I'm thankful that I am never alone. I'm thankful for different seasons of life and all that they bring. And I'm thankful that in three weeks I will walk down those stairs at the airport and be home with all the people I love so much. :)