Happy Thanksgiving!

 

There is no delicious smell of turkey in our house this morning. There is no cranberry salad in our refrigerator or pumpkin pies on the pantry shelf… no sweet potatoes with brown sugar, marshmallows or pecans.. no incredible sweet corn or creamy mashed potatoes with brown turkey gravy. No ICECREAM in the freezer… ice cream is almost a foreign word for us!

We are not spending the day with our relatives or extended family members. In fact the   MOST important earthly family member in my life  is not even here!

A very familiar verse came to my mind this morning about contentment:

Philippians 4:11 b

For I have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.

Sometimes I struggle to acquire an attitude like that verse describes!

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Contentment makes poor folk rich and discontentment makes rich folk poor.

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Things I am thankful for this morning:

#1. The love, care, provision, and protection of our heavenly Father

      ( In Haiti, I feel like the step between us and death is so much smaller than when we

        we were living in the states, therefore I am more conscious of the fact that our loving

         heavenly Father is watching over us… just this past week Don had a man wave his

         gun at him because he thought Don and “Big Red” were  in his tap tap’s way on

         road… !!  driving is “CRAZY”  in Haiti…)

#2. My loving husband and family

#3. The sweet little baby girl that joined our family this week

     

    ( Due to her own mother’s unfortunate death, our family was very happy to give this

     sweet little girl a home, lots of love, and care. She was born on October 23.)

#4. Big Red’s arrival to assist our family and be a blessing to others as well :) (that is 

      high on our list of thanks… !  A SPECIAL THANKYOU to all of those who helped us

      with this project… from buying the truck …to doing maintenance on it… for Peight’s

      Welding for donating their time… for all the food and goodies that found their way

      onto the back.. Christmas came in November this year!)

     

#5. The turkey in our freezer for a later date! :) We can enjoy Thanksgiving another day.

      ( A SPECIAL, special thank you to my mom and my sister  for packing a tote with

      lots of goodies for us… including a turkey…

       A SPECIAL thank you to David and Brenda for their offer in bringing things to Haiti

       for us. God Bless you richly! )

 

In closing, We wish all of you a blessed day!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!

Eat some turkey for us… and enjoy your pie and icecream.

Lots of love sent your way,

Madam Don