Thankful for YOU!

To all of my American friends out there....HAPPY THANKSGIVING!  Enjoy family, friends, football, and all the wonderful food you will have today!  

We at CTS are having our own Thanksgiving dinner with students from around the world!  It's pretty cool to share this holiday with them.  

Yesterday in the cafeteria one of our American students was explaining her family traditions to a student from the Reunion Island (these are some of our friends that are able to go to the beach at Christmas, so life is very different there!).  The American was explaining favorite foods, activities (watching Macy's parade), and shopping the day after!  

I love living in another culture, but there is something about Thanksgiving that tends to make me a bit nostalgic.  In her blog, my friend Susan reminded me of a time in Cambodia when friends brought an American turkey to us in a cooler on dry ice.  That is one of my favorite Thanksgiving memories.  

I hope what is more prominent to me today, and to many that are celebrating Thanksgiving, is not the four-day weekend, or all the food (even though my family will be eating cherry pie without me!), but the fact that we take a day to be THANKFUL.  That we offer thanks to God for providing the family, friends, food, and football, and memories.  That we recognize that all of these things are ultimately from Him, and he deserves our thanks today, and every day that we live.

Today, have a wonderful Thanksgiving....no matter where you are, and remember that I am THANKFUL FOR YOU!!