Hello everybody! We hope each of you had a great Thanksgiving. Ours was excellent. We of course had lots of food, Turkey for lunch and dinner, and lots of other great stuff! We definitely have a lot to be thankful for as well. It’s neat to take a moment and reflect on all the blessings that God has allowed for us. Hopefully this attitude of thanks won’t just be a one time a year thing!
As many of you know we decided to invite our neighbors over for a Thanksgiving dinner. We weren’t sure how many people would accept the invitation and come, but we had a pretty good turnout. There were 9 people (including us) for Thanksgiving dinner! We were the only ones from the USA, so we shared what all Thanksgiving means and why we celebrate it.
From the 9 people that were there, 7 different countries were represented: Italy, Spain, Venezuela, Columbia, El Salvador, Honduras, and the United States. We had a great time sharing our US tradition with our neighbors, and getting to know them a little better. We hope that we can have a lot of other chances to get to know them, and share the love and truth of Jesus Christ with each of them.
We hope that we can have another get together with our neighbors in January. We think it would be neat for each person, or couple, to bring a plate of food from their home country. We are excited about getting to know our neighbors and we are hoping that through the relationships that were developed on Thanksgiving night that we can share the love of God with them. Please pray for our neighbors that came: Antonio and Maria, Quim and Marta, Teresa, and our friends Daniel and Melisa.
We do indeed have a lot to be thankful for! God continues to bless us and many of the things that we’re doing down here in Panama. We hope you are doing great and have a great week and a great Holiday season. We love this time of year! Take a look at the December prayer calendar on the prayer request and calendar page.
Thanks for keeping up with us. Feel free to write or call us to let us know how you’re doing. God bless.
Awesome! Indeed, we are the hands and feet of God here on this earth. It’s thrilling to hear and see( via your pictures) how His word is being spread. Lots of love to you two! Mom Jolene