Reflections on Thanksgiving 2009: We had been having major issues with the electricity and did not expect to have power all day. This was our last Thanksgiving in Zambia and our largest as well.
It was what some might call a minor miracle--the electricity stayed on all day while we did our cooking and baking! I held my breath every time I put a dish into the oven, hoping that the power would stay on long enough to cook it. I breathed a sigh of relief when everything was hot and ready.
Our Thanksgiving guests began arriving at 6:00 just as the sun was going down. We were about to gather at the table when the seemingly inevitable happened-- the power went off. We ate our feast by candlelight. Just as we finished dessert, the power came back on at 8:50 p.m. David called it another TIA (This Is Africa) experience.
We ended up with 21 for dinner with an interesting mix of ages, stages, and cultures. We had five Peace Corps volunteers from our area, plus American missionaries, Zambians, a Peruvian, and a South African family. Our youngest guest was baby Lennie who came from the Haven orphanage with Meagan Hawley.
Once again we give thanks for the blessing of friends and fellowship in a foreign land. God is good all the time, and God is good everywhere.
Shown in the photo: Peace Corps Volunteers Krista, Brittany, and Tim; Missionaries Sheri Sears and Rod Calder.
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