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Happy Thanksgiving!

11/23/2011

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We had an  awesome
Thanksgiving meal at our house this weekend. My only complaint – not  enough
leftovers!


Our gathering  consisted
of the five Tsumeb volunteers and six visitors from other areas of  Namibia.
Most were from nearby towns, but a couple people from our group came  from the
northeast Kavango region, which is definitely a lot more…rustic than  Tsumeb.
They were pretty impressed at our American-style town, grassy areas, and  three
bedroom house!


We voted  beforehand to
try to have as much traditional food as possible (some people were  angling for
an Asian or Mexican theme but we talked them out of it), so the meal  consisted
of chicken (no turkey here), stuffing (so good and easy to make from  scratch!),
mashed potatoes and gravy, and veggies (spinach, carrots, salad). For  dessert
we had apple and pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, and brownies (all  delicious!). It
was quite a production pulling all this together because we  cooked in three
different houses and the other two brought their stuff to join  us for the meal.
Our house was pretty warm after all the cooking, so we all ate  outside and then
sat around chatting until it got dark.


Like I said, the  only
problem was that is was so good that we hardly had any leftovers! We  finished
the pies for breakfast the next morning (Dylan’s idea), and other than  that we
just had a half piece of chicken and some stuffing left. Our visitors  left on
Sunday morning and I promptly went back to bed for a nap. It was a  little
exhausting having people here all weekend. But I feel like we all got a  little
taste of home and maybe won’t be missing Thanksgiving with our families  as much
as we would have if we hadn’t been able to celebrate here.


 Dylan had a  great
experience in Windhoek, although the learner he went with did not end up  doing
very well in the spelling bee – she was too nervous! But they got to do  some
sightseeing and meet the former president, and several people here told me  they
saw Dylan on TV during the event coverage! His picture was also in a recent 
newspaper.


It rained all  weekend,
which was lovely and cool! Makes cold showers significantly less  appealing
though.


On the home  front, I’m
happy to say that my parents are in Hawaii with my brother who just  returned
safely from his tour in Afghanistan! So glad he’s  home! 
Picture
Thanksgiving Dinner
Picture
Dylan with our Thanksgiving desserts
1 Comment
Martha Lyon
11/26/2011 03:20:45 am

So much happy news! Especially that your brother is home and safe. Your Thanksgiving celebration sounds great. You can really appreciate that meal and the people you share it with so far from home. We went to Oklahoma City to see Charlie's family, so there were 27 of us at dinner. We didn't have much leftover either. :) Love, Martha

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    Christiy & Dylan were born in the States, grew up overseas, met at Wheaton College, married in 2009, and are currently exploring the world together!

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