Thanksgiving Dinner

This year we invited some of the people who are currently helping us learn Hungarian. They are (from the left) Piroska, a retired German language professor who is Nancy's language partner, Mirjam, our private tutor, Eva, our neighbor and landlady who once or twice a month goes out with Nancy for lunch and conversation, Mike, Anna, our neighbor and optometrist who occasionally goes on walks with Nancy and helps her with her Hungarian, Istvan, Eva's husband, and Balazs, a graduate student and Mike's conversation partner.

The conversation over dinner was almost all in Hungarian. The two of us listened more than we talked, but we understood almost all of what was said.

Nancy cooked a fairly traditional American Thanksgiving meal including turkey (just turkey breast since the oven is too small for a whole turkey), dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potatoes (sent from America by our son and daughter-in-law) and apple pie. Everyone said they enjoyed the American food. The only food that wasn't enjoyed by some was the sweet potatoes. But, Nancy doesn't like sweet potatoes, either.

We went around the table and shared what we are thankful for and we got to share how good God is to all of us. As they left, everyone said they enjoyed sharing this American traditon with us.

The evening was topped off by connecting through Skype with all our kids in the US. God is so good to us.