Thanksgiving with The Indians

Our first Thanksgiving in Belize - was WONDERFUL! My brother Carl came from New Jersey and in between working like a  crazy man on lots and lots of projects -he also did most of the cooking for Thanksgiving dinner. Leah and Tabor came back from Ohio for another visit as well. So we had some family and friends here from the U.S. - as well as some of our new Indian friends from here in Belize.

It struck me as we gathered together that we had something in common with the 1st Thanksgiving held in the colonial states. The Pilgrims celebrated making it through the long hard winter along and the long summer of learning to plant and tend crops in this land far different from where they had lived. They celebrated with their new friends that had shown them how to live in that land - how to manage to survive and even thrive there in a strange new place.

I felt so honored to have some of the many Indian friends we have met come to share out Thanksgiving meal with us. It truly touched my heart as I thought about how they have helped us and blessed us during our months in Belize. We all ate heartily, read from the Scriptures about thanksgiving and shared some of the many things we have to be thankful for. It was a beautiful expression of what the intent of the day is meant for.

(And we did not even have to think about getting up early to go shopping the next day! woohoo!

 Don't miss that at all!)

Do miss many f you though and hope we can see many during a short trip back to the states over Christmas time.

Blessings from Belize

~ Ray & Becki