Happy Thanksgiving!

The Other White Meat

Hello friends and family! It's that time of year where beautiful shades of red, yellow, and orange cover the foliage and little pilgrims become the decorations at my house in Olympia. This year is different though. I'm stuck in San Diego where there are no such colors but rather green palms and blue ocean with a chilly 60 degree temperature. Better yet, 1200 miles away at home it is well below freezing and all is white! What a year I picked to not come home. I hope the winter wonderland stays around for Christmas time! Rather, I will be spending Thanksgiving here with my roommate Brandon at my R.A. Chad's house, for which I am thankful. Along with this, I realize the myriad of blessings in my life and count each of them to the Lord. The foremost ones I see are the relationships in my life that without I would surely fall.

Primarily, I am thankful for my parents. My parents raised me well and I don't thank them enough for it. Furthermore, they have been very supportive of recent as far as me going to college far away and declaring majors in Philosophy/Theology and Biblical Studies. Also to my brother, although he may pester me sometimes and I him, I love him very much and look forward to coming home and seeing him.

Also, I am thankful for my friends. I'm glad that they now span across the west coast too! I miss my Olympians and friends from Hope and look forward to the 17th when I get to come home to visit with them for three weeks. Also, my friends I've met here in San Diego are wonderful (especially Hendricks 1st South!).

Above all, I am thankful for the Lord, my God. His grace and providence in my life is bountiful and I praise Him for it. I pray you see your life the same.

While I will deeply miss spending time with my family on this holiday, I find comfort in all the good God has given me. Loving parents and brother and great friends, they are what I am thankful for. What about you?

"Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!"

              - 1 Chronicles 16:34