Yesterday we had our traditional Thanksgiving meal with some of our American friends here in Mwanza; all missionaries with various groups but all Americans. There was a total of 11 of us and we had a great time of food, fellowship, food, playing games, food, watching football and food.
There were a few problems to remind us that we were in Africa rather than America. There were five of us cooking various dishes in our homes; I began getting text messages from the other four about 8:00am. There power was out and they were all in varying stages of food preparation. Fortunately, our power was on and we hooked up a little gas stove at one of the other homes and by working together we managed to get everything and on the table by 1:30.
We thoroughly enjoyed our $72 turkey (17lbs = over $4 a pound), dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, homemade rolls, vegetable salad and sweet potatoes (not as good as American variety but with some imagination they were fine). Later we had pumpkin w/Dream Whip topping and pecan pies made from carefully hoarded ingredients from the states. As an added little treat we had a dish of candy corn/pumpkins brought out for us from the states earlier this month; we snacked on this while we played some table games.
All in all it was a great day with good friends and good food. The icing on the cake was talking to my daughters, Mom and sister later that night.
Today we decorate for Christmas!!!!!
There were a few problems to remind us that we were in Africa rather than America. There were five of us cooking various dishes in our homes; I began getting text messages from the other four about 8:00am. There power was out and they were all in varying stages of food preparation. Fortunately, our power was on and we hooked up a little gas stove at one of the other homes and by working together we managed to get everything and on the table by 1:30.
We thoroughly enjoyed our $72 turkey (17lbs = over $4 a pound), dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, homemade rolls, vegetable salad and sweet potatoes (not as good as American variety but with some imagination they were fine). Later we had pumpkin w/Dream Whip topping and pecan pies made from carefully hoarded ingredients from the states. As an added little treat we had a dish of candy corn/pumpkins brought out for us from the states earlier this month; we snacked on this while we played some table games.
All in all it was a great day with good friends and good food. The icing on the cake was talking to my daughters, Mom and sister later that night.
Today we decorate for Christmas!!!!!
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