Well, Thanksgiving has come and gone. This year we had many things to be thankful for at Project Ruth and the Ruth School. During Thanksgiving week, there was a Gypsy Smith School session for 20+ Roma church leaders. Anna & I made and decorate cupcakes on Thanksgiving Day to give to the men to share a cross-cultural moment with them. We expressed how this year we are so thankful for the leadership they provide and the witness for Jesus that they are each day in their villages.
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| Happy Thanksgiving! |
Also, Anna, Tammy and I were especially thankful for the end of many loads of laundry. Laundry is not one of my favorite things at all, just ask my mother or college roommate :). Yet, in mid-November we noticed that all of the linens that Project Ruth owned were in the dirty laundry mountain so we had to get washing.... Not only did things have to be washed, they had to be dried and ironed. Fortunately, Project Ruth has a clothes dryer which makes this process easier but it could only be run in the evenings when the school was closed because of electric limitations. Yes, we did cause the school to lose power but only once :)
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Luminita, Anna, Atena and I
the cooks and dishwashers :) |
"Thanksgiving is all about food." This was my short answer when trying to explain one of the best days in American culture. In order to stay true to this, Anna & I ordered a pizza for dinner and I made mac-n-cheese while on the phone with my mother to make sure I got it just right. Now, we would have had a real Thanksgiving dinner but we were washing dishes for GSS and the kids all day (7:30, 11, 12, 1, 5).
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| Party girls :) |
On Saturday, Tammy, Anna and I organized an American Thanksgiving dinner for our co-workers and close friends (about 35 people). We cooked frantically all morning. Around ten, I had just put the sweet potato casserole in the oven and the power went out for over an hour. This put a bit of a kink in the cooking schedule but everything worked out. It was a wonderful afternoon of food, fellowship and crafts for the kids.
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Library decorated for the
American Thanksgiving Party! |
Side note - I just finished decorating my apartment for Christmas! 23.5 days until Susan Shifflett arrives :) :) :)
Well, Thanksgiving has come and gone. This year we had many things to be thankful for at Project Ruth and the Ruth School. During Thanksgiving week, there was a Gypsy Smith School session for 20+ Roma church leaders. Anna & I made and decorate cupcakes on Thanksgiving Day to give to the men to share a cross-cultural moment with them. We expressed how this year we are so thankful for the leadership they provide and the witness for Jesus that they are each day in their villages. 
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