Thanksgiving

This year for Thanksgiving, we had oodles of people over! Yea!! We had all 8 of the Elders (young missionaries), the senior couple, and even a couple who are in Cameroon as missionaries for the Mennonite church! We also had our housekeeper and her husband and our nanny here. We even fed our guard and our neighbor's guard! (And we even still had the wonderful leftovers!!!)

It was such a wonderful and joyous occasion. I'm grateful that they could all come and enjoy a day of cooking and playing and eating! Sadly, I didn't get any pictures with everyone together. However, the elders stayed to play some games (they played 'Curses' with the kids) and I got a nice picture of the fun:



They were all laughing hysterically! It is now one of Josh's favorite games! He certainly got a kick out of it!

Since it is Thanksgiving, I want to write a list of things that I personally am grateful for:

• My husband
• My children
• Our Family (parents, siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews....)
• A place to live
• The gospel!!! I'm so grateful for the gospel! What peace it brings in troubled times!
• Jesus Christ How thankful I am for His atoning sacrifice for each of us! For His loving care no matter where you live or who you are! For the knowledge that He lives and loves us more than we will ever know!

These, to me, are the most important things in my life. More important than anything else. If everything we have were to be suddenly taken away, and we were left with this list, I would still be happy and content. I know this is true, as it has happened to us a few times! :) Things are things and they come and go, but family and the gospel are eternal.