We love our American holidays! Thanksgiving is one of them. It’s just another day here in the Netherlands
of course….so do we make it a holiday or just ignore it? Since I was cooking dinner on Wednesday and
Friday for the YSA’s in Utrecht and Den Bosch as usual and Sister Hill had
invited us to a potluck Thanksgiving dinner on Sat., I sort of decided by
default that I would ignore Thanksgiving on Thursday.
But our amazing District Leader, Elder Roberts, called and asked if I would host Thanksgiving for
the elders and an investigator (potluck, of course!). Sunday in Relief Society I was mentally
wandering during the announcements (after 2 hours of listening to Dutch and
straining to catch a word or two I sometimes find this happening!) when I heard
the RS president say my name. I looked
up and she asked me if I was going to cook Thanksgiving dinner for the
missionaries. As the sisters all looked at me I was happy I could say yes….it
would be awkward to be called out in
RS and not have the right answer! She
was happy and said she just wanted to make sure the missionaries had their
holiday dinner (LOL!).
It sounds easy
enough….but finding a turkey proved anything but. I finally found a whole, frozen turkey but it
was too big for my crockpot and my microwave/oven just won’t do the job. So I settled for turkey roasts. I decided we needed one our family’s
traditional foods….homemade rolls. So I
started experimenting. My oven bakes unevenly, burning the edges and the bottom so I have been looking for a silver cookie sheet to replace the black one I have. No luck but I did finally find a silver pizza pan! I found the warmest place in the house, the entry way, and set the rolls to rising. To my joy they baked up better than expected….just a little strangely shaped and a little unevenly browned but they tasted delicious!
We are grateful for traditions! It was a lovely evening with good food, a new friend,
kind and caring missionaries, and gratitude for all we have been so abundantly
blessed with….especially the privilege to be here, together serving our
Heavenly Father’s children in the Netherlands.
Those rolls look yummy!
ReplyDeleteHow fun to have friends to celebrate with! We sure did miss you, and your perfect rolls!
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