Thankful!!

We are very thankful for so many things......

1.)   I think I figured out how to load more photos onto the blog!  :-)

This is at our favorite pizza restaurant.  They serve us a split pizza!   

The poinsettia that Zuzka and Timko brought!

The Christmas lights are up on the streetlights .
This angel is outside our flat!  :-)

2.)   We had a wonderful time at Stužkova for our V's class Friday night.......

Some of the boys greeted us ........ the one second from the right is Lubosh, one of my favorites.
He reminds me so much of Lute - size, haircut, body build, and smile.  I keep threatening
that he'll have to give me big "Lute" hugs so I don't feel so homesick!!  

The main purpose of the evening was to present the senior class with
their green ribbons, signifying the honor of being future graduates.  

The girls were all dressed in gorgeous gowns - like prom dresses.

Some of our colleagues at the Stužkova dinner - so fun!

Toasting the honorees receiving their green ribbons!  

The class teacher for the V's is on the left - (Nadia, then Laura and Carol)

At our first Stužkova!   We really enjoyed our evening!!  

Two of my favorite students!!  (They came around and
served us more beverages and made us feel so welcome!!)

There were many skits and musical performances included in the program.
The kids are incredibly talented!! 

The first dance was with the parents, and then the students
all came and chose a teacher to dance.  This is another of my favorite
girls, and she danced with Tim.  

There was a LOT of dancing all night!!  :-)  

With Katarina, a wonderful colleague whose desk is right next to
Tim's at school.  Such a sweetie!  

The V's class with all the teachers.

Dasha, Miro, Danka, and Katka - all looking fine!!  One of the
nicest things about the evening was relaxing with our fun colleagues!

We stayed until about a quarter to two - it started at 6:00 p.m.

 3.)  We were blessed by a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner in Bratislava on Saturday with many Americans serving through Global Missions in Hungary and Slovakia..........

Tim was so excited - this is Slovak lokše, which is exactly like Norwegian lefse!
There were a lot of upper midwest Scandinavians at the meal who were really glad
that I found some for our Thanksgiving dinner! 

Table decorations were beautiful and festive!

The Bratislava American lectors did a terrific job on a
Thanksgiving rap --- so cute!!  :-)

We had real turkey!!  YUM!!  My Thanksgiving was made more special
when Arden allowed me to pick some white meat right off the bird as he
was carving it!  :-)   (Just like my brother does!)  Arden Haug is the head
of Global Missions in Europe and beyond - and he helped train us.  Ella is a
Hope College grad (2011), so we had fun meeting her! 

Rachel at the food table!  :-)  It was a wonderful spread!  

4.)  Our blessings in Bratislava continued on Sunday as we got to sing with the choir at the English service in the morning, then attended a concert at the Bratislava Castle.

OOOOOPS   ------ I just got another message saying I'm out of space for photos again.  SIGH!!  I'll try to solve it, but for now, this is a good start in getting caught up.   :-)