Not sure how more than two weeks could have gone by since my last post. It has been a rather hectic few weeks. Greg had a week-long business trip to Sweden, then we met in Rothenberg, Germany for a Euro-American retreat. Following a six hour train ride home we hit the ground running preparing for an American Thanksgiving on Sunday.It's not so easy to gather all the food here. Then there's the problem of where to put it. A good portion of the cold items were stored for a few days on our balcony. Thankfully the wea
ther was cool enough to provide adequate refrigeration.After several trips (on foot and by public transportation) to the commissary and grocery stores with my shopping cart on wheels I was able to find most everything necessary for our Thanksgiving dinner. Fortunately, I wasn't responsible for the entire meal since everyone brought yummy dishes.
The next feat was to cook the dinner in the one rack oven. During church (we had our home church at our place) I had to keep a timer with me to put in three pans of rolls one at a time for 30 minutes each in order to free up the oven to heat other food. The turkey had to be cooked on Saturday evening. After church more people arrived for our afternoon feast. We had a grand total of 26 present (17 adults, 7 kids 11 and under, and two babies.) A young Austrian couple present experienced their first Thanksgiving dinner (including a football game!) After dinner the kids kept busy making Christmas ornaments and watching Polar Express in 3-D.
Our guests represented Oklahoma, Maryland, New Mexico and Austria. It was a great time of food and fellowship.
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