Thanksgiving....resort style!

Ok, so apparently I'm really bad at writing on this thing because clearly I haven't written in over 3 weeks. Moving on...THANKSGIVING!!! My all time favorite holiday! Honestly I had been dreading Thanksgiving for the sole reason of I would be away from my family and clearly this is the holiday that everyone gets together, eats turkey, and watches the Lions game. EVERY YEAR. Without fail. I was pretty upset that I would miss it but thankfully God knew just what I needed to take my mind off of being away from my loved ones. After all was said and done I had 3 full Thanksgiving meals, all wonderfully prepared by people of the community (not all on the same day btw) and a much better attitude about the Thanksgiving holiday. :-D

Well, it started out with my adoptive Palaun mother (all of the SM's have adoptive parents and they do things for us and make us feel at home etc.) Her name is Sarah and we hadn't really done much of anything together for the past few months with the excpetion of saying hello at church. Well this past weekend, she set me and Ale (a fellow SM, my roommate, and my Palauan cousin because her adoptive mom is my adoptive moms sister) up at a local resort that she works at for the weekend. The resorts name is Palau Pacific Resort (PPR). We had heard a lot about it but hadn't ever been there. Well since my mother works there she gets rooms and stuff for free so she sent us there and we got to stay in a room with a t.v. and eat and swim and do all kinds of stuff....FOR FREE!! It was so amazing! It was like being in the states...only on a much nicer beach! We had T.V. in our room and we certainly utlized that via the disney channel and ESPN and all of the other priveleges.

One funny story was I went to the bathroom in our room and it had butt rinsers and dryers! Of course I had to try it out. Weird experience I'm not gonna lie. AND!! Our shower had hot water!! In our apartment we don't get hot showers...ever. You best believe I took multiple showers within that less than 24 hour period. It was amazing.

Point of the story is...I'm really thankful that my Palauan mother was so gracious as to set us up at the resort because not only did it make me feel loved but it also made me feel as though I really wasn't that far away from home after all.

In the end, I had an amazing Thanksgiving, and though I missed the Lions playing and my precious family, I know there will be other times and that God has good plans for me.

Hope this finds everyone well.

Mucho Amor until next time :-D