Thanksgiving:

Mike was kind enough to host a fabulous Thanksgiving party. Thanks so much, Mike! Mike found a place that had turkeys in one of the bigger towns in our area and although people rarely use conventional ovens here in Japan, Mike was lucky enough to have a microwave/convection oven. People pitched in and we had all the fixings of a great meal. The only thing we couldn’t find was StoveTop Stuffing. But otherwise, we had mashed potatoes, gravy, veggies, salad, rolls, yams, and pumpkin pie. I was highly impressed at the quality of food and how “down home” it felt. You know when you’re camping out in the woods, and you’ve had a long day of exploring and you get back and make a simple meal that just tastes SO GOOD because you’re out in the woods? Well Thanksgiving dinner was like that- it just tasted so good because we were 7,000 miles away from home on a little island out in the sea… I was very Thankful indeed.