Thanksgiving has been one of my favorite holidays. You
can visit with family, watch some football, and get stuffed like a turkey with
turkey. After two years, this past Thanksgiving I was able to go up to Idaho
Falls and be with my family. Three years ago I took my roommates with me up for
Thanksgiving because they were not able to go back to their homes for
Thanksgiving. One of them was from China and it would have been a really long
trip back home so I just invited them to my place. It was a blast having them
there.
The
one from China, not yet a member of the Church, thought that Mormons only ate
steak and green jello w/carrots. He was sad to find out that it wasn’t true.
But with turkey, stuffing, and green bean casserole (his new favorite), we ate to
our hearts content.
One
day we took my Grandpa’s four-wheeler and his sled out for a ride. We had
forgotten snow clothes back at our apartment in Provo but that didn’t stop us
from going out in below freezing temperatures. Afterwards we came in and had
some good hot chocolate and watched played a board game with the family. It was such a great thanksgiving.
Now three years later, I invited them back with me to
Idaho again for Thanksgiving. A lot had changed since then. Two of us had gone
on missions. I was engaged, the one from China was dating a girl from back home,
and the other one was waiting for a girl to get back from her mission. Besides
our relationships status. We had all changed a lot spiritually and we were more
mature. We didn’t take the sled out this year because there was no snow but it
was good to have them back. Able to relive some memories and able to share our
new stories. If we are all still here. We’ll have to plan on doing it again next
year.
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