It’s happening!!! Thanksgiving will be celebrated in China!! We’re so excited!

A few weeks ago things were looking grim in regards to Thanksgiving plans. As it is celebrated on Thursday, i thought all hope was lost because only Brittany has Thursdays off. But… i have awesome coworkers. Have i mentioned that before? Cuz i do! Sunny has agreed to trade days with me that week, so i can celebrate a holiday they’ve never heard of and which means nothing to them but which means the world to me. So here’s the plan… or here’s how the plan started…

Brittany and i would cook a feast as big as one can cook with two stove burners and no oven. Then we would transport said feast to Reese’s school on his lunch break. If you recall, Reese is our friend from Georgia who also misses Thanksgiving celebrations. And the three of us would feast on the feast we prepared on the stove!! VOILA! We could make this happen to the best of our ability! Ha Ha!!
But then something amazing happened. And I can only describe the circumstances surrounding this discovery as God-ordained…

After a somewhat long and stressful day, Brittany and i decided to go out last night to a place called McCawley’s Pub and Grill (where, naturally, we ordered Mexican food, but that’s beside the point). What we saw at McCawley’s changed our plans… our expectations for Thanksgiving. What we saw was an advertisement. This advertisement was for a special, happening at a place called The Butcher Shop. This special offers an American-imported Thanksgiving turkey with stuffing and dressing included! 80￥/kg plus 150￥ cooking fee. Mannah from Heaven. It will most assuredly be an expensive meal BUT… you just can’t put a price on Thanksgiving. There are no words for the emotions that flooded my soul when i saw this.

We have been through it, my friends! I’ll not rehash any of the stresses that have entered our lives in recent days… you can read about them in other posts. But there’s times like this when God just drops a turkey in our laps and we can’t help but smile and say, “Thank you!!”

“It’s the character that’s the strongest, that God gives the most challenges to.” Not sure about that, but I’m sure He’s doing something great here!

PEACE