Thanksgiving!

I want to tell you of all the things that I am thankful for but well it would take a life time so I will tell of some of the things I am extra thankful for today!
Jesus my Savior, for if he had not come to save me I would be lost with out a hope or a future.
God my father, for he created me to be in relationship with him and he gave my life a purpose.
God the Holy Spirit, for he has the task of convicting me and changing my ways and what a hard job he has any yet he continues to fill me and encourage me every day.
Justin, for he loves me the way I need him too. He helps me where I am weak and allows me to see his true self. He make me laugh and is a constant encourager. he know everything about me and yet still calls me beautiful and tells me he loves me.
Family, for they are always there for me no matter what. I have two great families. One on my side and one on Justin's side. Even though we are far away they write to us, they call us, some of them even travel thousands of miles to visit us. They are our prayer warriors, they are our advocates to those in the states. They support us in so many ways. We are Blessed to have them.
Friends, for they stay faithful to us even when we are far away. They encourage us through letters and pictures that remind us that we still matter to them. We know that living far away is tough on friendships but we have great friends that stick it out.
Those were my top 6 they are what I am blessed with and could not live with out!


These are just for fun!

Canned food!!! This may sound nasty to some of you but canned food made my Thanksgiving PERFECT! Here are just a few things I made with canned food! you might agree!

Pumpkin Pie! You can't have Thanksgiving with it!
Canned food: Pumpkin mix, evaporated milk

Cranberry sauce, this turned out to be the best part of our meal. Our Iranian dinner guests LOVED it!
Canned food: all of it!

Cherry Pie! It just tastes good! So we thought "why not!"
Canned food: Cherry pie filling

Let's just say my Thanksgiving would not be complete with out green bean casarole! Yumm!
Canned items: green beans, cream of mushroom soup, french fried onions



This years Holidays won't be the same but they will be memorable! This was our first year to make Thanksgiving dinner all by ourselves, and we thought it was "masarap" delicious! We are very thankful that God has blessed us so much here! Only a few years ago you could not get these what we would consider staple items but now you can! God is good!!! Thank you God for giving us life and for blessing us with so many things! You are a loving God who gives to his children so graciously!

We pray that your Thanksgiving was as wonderful as ours. May this be a reminder to all of us that we need to give thanks in ALL circustances for this is God's will for us in Christ Jesus!