Thursday night we had a traditional dinner for eighteen students plus our six teammates. These students were invited because they are currently or have in the past studied the Word with one of us. All except a couple are brothers/sisters. I said it was traditional...the food was...the cultery, not so much. We ate with chopsticks and 4" saucers, Chinese style. Here's a couple shots of the dinner party in our apartment.
On Friday we did last-minute cleaning and preparations for the big weekend event. Friday night our guests arrived from out of town -- another couple, they work for the same company as us, and their 4 month old boy. Saturday noon we had a major feast in the meeting room of our apartment complex. I guess there were forty or fifty people, lots of kids. We had turkey! Rachel made an apple-date-walnut salad and a California Medley casserole. In the evening there was a special service -- Rachel prepared the children's music and activities, and lead the music for the adults. Drew took care of Titus and lead the clean-up! Next year we will probably not sign up to do so much. It was kind of stressful.
After a group breakfast on Sunday morning, our out of town guests headed back to their city. And we rested!
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving too.
Rachel & Drew
The title caught my attention and reminded me of last year in Nanchang when one of our fellow Chinese coworkers at Blue Sky ate his mashed potatoes with chopsticks. I miss Chinese Thanksgivings. : )
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