Thanksgiving

We celebrated Thanksgiving this year with our teammates the Groens and the entire Mwanza team. I was pleased Saturday morning (we celebrated the Saturday after Thanksgiving) to wake up to these yellow leaves on the stairs. It's hard to say where they came from actually. The leaves don't change here and the tree above seemed to be fully green, but somehow these yellow leaves showed up and made it feel a little like fall.

The food was incredible! Tons of traditional Thanksgiving dishes including turkey! The highlight for me was the pecan pie, beause 1> it was yummy and 2> you can't get pecans here.

The kids put on a Thanksgiving play which was of course really cute. This is Elijah wearing his Native American headress that I helped him make that morning. He doesn't really like to have his pic taken so this is the best shot I could get.

Here are some of the kids during the play. Check out the center piece. It's a pineapple dressed up as a turkey. Too cute.

We arrived in Mwanza on Friday and much to our surprise went home with a Black Friday purchase! They don't actually do Black Friday here, but we had fun explaining it to the sales lady. We randomly stopped in a furniture store and saw that they had a special deal on a chest freezer. When we asked why it was on sale the lady said because it's close to Christmas, which is basically what Black Friday is all about. Anyway, I used the birthday money I'd been saving to buy it. This may be one of the best birthday presents I've ever gotten. When you buy your meat, cheese, and yogurt 3 hours from where you live and the freezer on your fridge is smaller than most people's coolers, a deep freeze is a girl's best friend! I even have enough room to make ice now!

We enjoyed our stay in Mwanza. Our friends the Linderman's are always great hosts and we have a wonderful time with their family. We were able to get lots of errands done and I had a doctor's checkup. (everything is going well) 

Now we are back in Geita trying to get this house a bit more functional. Carson has been working on a bed frame among other things. Right now our mattress is just on the floor. I just finished one of the light fixtures for our living room. Yes, we are making them. We just can't help it. Making things is like breathing for us! And our furlough is only 5 weeks away!