Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Dinner! Honduran Style!


Ricardo's Mom came to visit!


Etel~*


MJ and Fr. Juniper!


Rebecca and Bridget came to visit!

Where did November go?!?! I feel like I just got here and in two short weeks I will be home for Christmas! Happy Thanksgiving! It was definitely different being here in Honduras with 40 teenagers during a formation training week, rather then at home with family and friends eating turkey! And at the annual Floyd/Clemente Turkey Bowl! Thanks for the call guys!! But we were still able to steal away from the craziness of this week, and share our customs and give thanks to God for all He has given us! This week we have 40 young Hondurans staying with us, and receiving a week of training and formation before going on two weeks of mission. It has been amazing! As always… when I am asked to give a talk etc…God always ends up teaching me more then anything! I gave a talk on conversion on Monday night, I was having a hard time coming up with a way to convey that aspect of God’s unconditional love, and God gave me a great example to use. I called home the other night to talk to my Mom and thank her for sending me all the necessities of life (Halloween candy… sweatshirts…cards from the girls etc…:) ) afterward my Dad got on the line and we were talking about a lot of things, and ended with talk about me coming home. As we were about to hang up the phone he said “Therese I can’t wait to see you coming down from the airport and I’ll be waiting there with open arms!” I am so blessed to have people who love me so unconditionally in a human way…and I was able to say this is how God waits for us. Now matter how long we have been gone for… He is waiting with open arms. And to kids who are so broken, in need to love, and most who lack a father figure, it was able to hit home for some. This Thanksgiving I had a new gratitude to God for what He has given me. A family that loves me and waits with open arms is just the beginning… I am so blessed. I hope your Thanksgiving was blessed, and that each and every one of you can see how much you have been given. I thank God for each one of you, and the impact you have made on my life.

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” - John F. Kennedy