Thanksgiving!

You may or may not know that Thanksgiving is actually my favorite holiday. I really enjoy spending time with family and friends, and I have so much to be thankful for!!!!

Almost every Friday evening, we have a "Community Meal" at An Cuan. It starts with a liturgical prayer of thanksgiving, and is followed by a meal with all of the students and staff here to live and/or work at the base. We usually have some lovely guests as well. On the Friday after America's Thanksgiving, we celebrated together by having a traditional American turkey dinner for our community meal together. We went around the room and shared some of the things that we're thankful for, and enjoyed wonderful food and fellowship together.

I was struck by the diversity of nationalities represented at our tables. There were participants from the U.S., Canada, Northern Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, Finland, Sweden, Palestine, England, Argentina, Brazil... and probably a few others. I think it was a simple picture of what Heaven will be like. Some of this week's teaching covered the banquet described in Isaiah 25. Check it out. Wonderful.