Joel carving the turkey, while Jill & I finish up the dinner preparations...
Jill made the turkey, stuffing, sweet potato casserole, spinach dip, cranberry bread and a strawberry-rhubarb pie. I made cranberry relish, garlic mashed potatoes, and apple pie. I don't think we had quite enough food for the 4 of us :-)
Well, really there were 6 of us, as Joel & Jill are expecting little Sarah JoAnn in January and Alain & I brought little Benjamin Stephen along. One of the biggest blessings we had to thank God for this Thanksgiving is the gift of our precious children!
Jill & I are constantly thanking God for our husbands. Jill & Joel have been apart most of the 2nd half of this year as Jill is stationed here at Ft. Bliss, and Joel is attending Ranger school in GA. So we were not only rejoicing that he could be in El Paso for Thanksgiving, but that Ranger school is almost done and he will soon be stationed here! And I'm just so grateful to be Alain's wife. There are no better moments in my day than when he is here, or when I receive a text or phone call from him while he's at work, or when I get to eat dinner with him at the hospital. His daily leadership and love is such a blessing to me. I wish I was a better writer so I could fully express how grateful I am for my love!
Thank you Lord, for saving me from my rebellion against you, for opening my eyes daily to how amazing and glorious you are, and for continually sanctifying me. Thank you for your many blessings...My parents, siblings, my husband and son, my friends, the fellowship we receive from our church and the Navigators. Thank you for our home, for Alain's job, and the weather. Thank you for airplanes & cars to travel to visit people in, and for visits from friends from far away. Thank you for Skype. So grateful for so many of your undeserved mercies!
