Thanksgiving...a little Early

Well Friends, Happy Dorm Thanksgiving to you! Yesterday we celebrated Thanksgiving 2 weeks early - because it gives us a chance to celebrate Christmas as a dorm before we leave mid-December. Also it is between Canadian and American Thanksgiving. It ended up being a really good time - I even got to make rolls from scratch for the first time - a couple hundred of them :) We had 6 turkeys and a ham and 49 people attending. It was a nice change of pace and everyone lingered at the table enjoying good food and fellowship. I am thankful that we were able to have such a good night. We later watched White Christmas to begin hailing in the Christmas season that is coming.

The girls are off today - I stayed home with those girls who didn't go ice skating. It is a fairly busy weekend - our play practice girls have big practice this weekend - their play is next weekend. The next few weekends will be filled!! I am glad to be here but I must say I look forward to going home to see my loved ones in NY as well. I will be going Dec. 17 and gone through Jan 4th.

Pray for me as I make decisions and need wisdom with different things. Pray that I would build good relationships and know when to say things to certain people. Pray that our team would grow stronger and communicate well. Pray also for finances - that God would continually provide for various needs and bills that need paid for.

Praise God for the chance to be here in the fall time. Praise God for great girls. Praise God for fun experiences. Praise God for great conversations. Praise God that I will be able to go home for Christmas!!

Here are some pics from Thanksgiving - enjoy!

A view of our full dining room

Our girls like pumpkin pie! :)

Cameron (our adopted dorm girl) and Shannon - they ate at my table :)

An amazing sunset that we saw tonight!
My first pumpkin that I carved last week with Jessica! :)