Week 46: Thanksgiving In Indonesia

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving lunch and invited the 6 missionaries in Solo to share with us.  We had a delicious dinner.  We ate in our apartment.   We do not have an oven in our kitchen and the chief at a major mall grocery store offered to bake 4 chickens for us. The chief actually used the morning of his day off to pick the appropriate herbs and ingredients and to bake the chickens for us because he wanted them “perfect” for our Thanksgiving dinner. We had all the trimmings. We can’t even begin to express our gratitude to so many strangers and friends we meet every day that make our life here in Indonesia so wonderful and fulfilling.     

Check out the expression on the Indonesian Elder.  When he tasted the spices in the no bake pumpkin desert his dislike and expression was “classic” the taste of spices to him was awful ha ha.  We told him we completely understood because that is exactly my expression when I taste some of the different tastes here in Indonesia, the syrups, chicken heads, feet and guppies ha ha!! 

Elder Miller and I are so thankful for the privilege of serving a mission in Indonesia.  We are so thankful for good food, a beautiful place to live, and each other.  We are so thankful for our children, grandchildren, acquaintances and each of You,  our dearest friends.  We feel so blessed! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!