Well my Canadian friends, this weekend
is Thanksgiving. A time to get together with family and friends and eat a ton
of food and be thankful for the people in our lives, where we live, what we
have, a good harvest, and the list goes on. What are you thankful for this
year? Do you take time to think about that this weekend or is it just about the
food:)?
How do you show your thankfulness?
Well here in Guatemala there is not
‘Thanksgiving’ per say, but Mick & Debora, the founders of the Integral
Heart Foundation, both have their birthdays in October. We are hoping to get a 100,
$5 donations in honor of this so that we can give gifts to the children in our
programs. If you would like to give some of your thanks to these
children here in Guatemala, go here for more information http://www.integralheartfoundation.org/birthday.donors.htm
So what am I thankful for? I am
thankful that I am able to live in a beautiful country and be doing work that
is actually changing lives. I’m thankful for the friends and family here
in Guatemala, in Canada, and in other parts of the world. I'm thankful for the kids we get to work with, they are inspiring as they work so hard to have what comes so easily for people in other parts of the world. I'm thankful that I don't have to be in snow this winter!
Even
though there is no official Thanksgiving, I will be celebrating with some
friends here in Guatemala. We will be representing Canada, US, Germany, and the
Philippines (kind of:)).
We too are looking forward to an evening of good food, good company and good
conversation. I’m going to try to do the turkey dinner thing on Monday, but we’ll
see what the market has to offer for our meal:).
So enjoy your
turkey, ham or whatever you will be eating. And if you are able, pass on some
of that goodness to those who won’t be eating a big celebratory meal this weekend or maybe not eating at all.
"No one has every become poor by giving" Anne Frank ~Diary of a Young Girl
