Thanksgiving At The Casa

Another great Thanksgiving in Honduras is now history.  

As everyone else did, we started early to get everything ready by 2:00.  Nicole and some of the kids were making desserts in the Casa kitchen.  Nicole knows part of the fun of Thanksgiving is sampling as you cook.  The kitchen staff did not think she should be letting the kids sample desserts.  They were sure the kids were ruin their appetites for lunch.

After Nicole finished, the kitchen staff reclaimed their kitchen and made salad, guacamole and potato salad.

At my house, I had kids helping all day.  Brayan came down before breakfast and we got busy.  I fed him biscuits and milk before he got too busy.  Biscuits is not a Honduran food.  Brayan kept asking ,"now, what are those called?'  And said he would be willing to come help me eat biscuits any time I had some.   Matt helped me get the first turkey on before 7:00.  Then Brayan and I went to work on dressing.

Brayan working on the dressing                           One really large pan of dressing

Antonio and Jackson basting the 2nd turkey.   They called it painting the turkey.

Everyone wanted to help.  Some of the kids were just thrilled to help carry something up to Casa.

When Marc began to carve the turkey, there was no shortage of those wanting to help.  And sample.

A true American feast

The kids were so excited it was if they all had ants in their pants. 

The kids had to say one thing for which they were thankful.  And then we still had to pray.  There was a lot of squirming during that prayer.  They were just sure they could not wait another second.

Some ate dessert first

Some enjoyed dessert immensely

And some ate entirely too much dessert

With the kids, the employees, the group, there was over 50 people here.  I was exhausted, but I was truly thankful for the food, the fellowship and the fact that we could celebrate my favorite American holiday in a third world country.

Terri