A Very Thankful Thanksgiving

When Eric and I came to Belgium and checked out AMI in Oudenaarde, we were trying to decide which branch to attend--Gent or Kortrijk. Through a series of events that are blurry to me now, we decided to go to Gent, which we are very happy about. We have met wonderful people that we will love forever. We found out later, however, that there were 4 families from America in the Kortrijk branch. They all work for the same company and were transfered to Belgium for a few years. We see them every 6 months or so at stake conference and love visiting with them. They have been here longer than us, so they can help us with lots of stuff, too, which is nice. They even helped us find a store in Antwerp that sells all kinds of American food and things we can't find anywhere. They were kind enough to invite us to their Thanksgiving feast this year. It was just as close as you could get to being back in America! They even had a BIG turkey--brought all the way from France--by their butcher/branch president who could pull some strings. It was the first time I ever tasted sweet potatoes that I couldn't stop eating! We had a great time and are very thankful to have met more wonderful people here. By the way, they think it's probably good that we didn't come to Kortrijk because the branch probably couldn't handle any more crazy Americans. I'm sure they are right. We are glad we ended up where we did!