Just call me Martha Ray!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  I had to channel my Martha Stewart and Rachel Ray this Thanksgiving, hence the name Martha Ray lol!  I was making homemade pie crusts and fillings, and my first turkey which was a 10 pounder.  SO I needed all the help I could get from my favorite cooking and baking ladies!  I cooked for 6 fully grown professional basketball players, a pregnant woman and my toddler.  Needless to say I was exhausted.  We had our feast yesterday, Wednesday the 23rd.   There is no "Thanksgiving" day the last Thursday of November in Germany so the guys had 2 practices today.   I like to keep their spirits up over here and cook a traditional southern meal with all the fixings so that missing home wouldn't be sooo bad for that short period of fellowshiping.  


I woke up feeling HORRIBLE!  I have been feeling ill since Friday!  I have not gotten much better since my last blog entry and have developed new symptoms!  Well The hubby felt bad for me and told me to let him know if I didn't feel up to cooking for the guys and I couldn't back out knowing they were looking forward to it.  In the morning I opened my eyes and looked at the wall at the foot of my bed and saw this,

If it's kind of blurry but it reads, With God all things are possible!  I love it!  It comes from Matthew 19:26.  (a dollar store find, that I brought over with me to Germany) I said out loud, "Ok God I am putting it all in your hands!"  Boy did he deliver!  Not only did I cook this meal for these men who eat 3 servings, but I did it with very little coughing and fatigue.  They were happy, watched the Cowboys football game through slingbox, laughed, talked and said they ate well.  So I am very thankful this Thanksgiving for everything!  The Lord keeps on blessing!  

So may you have a wonderful day of official thanks but everyday is a day of Thanksgiving! 

1 Chronicles 16:8 - Oh give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples.