Thanksgiving at Mission Home

Thanksgiving in the Mission Field was spent at Zagreb with 26 other missionaries from the Croatian District.

Chris was all excited because we have found a butcher, which said he could get us a turkey for Christmas.  You don't find them in the stores very often.  We had it all ordered and the night before, we received a call that they would not be able to fill the order. 

We quickly went to our local Metro (Costco) and found one small frozen turkey, about the size of a large chicken.  We called the office elder in Zagreb and asked him to head to their Metro there.  He found three more small turkeys and the game was back one.

Thanksgiving morning we picked up the elders, drove to Zagreb and stopped off at the Metro to pick up a turkey breast, and 25 pounds of potatoes.

We dropped the elders off at the mission office where they would spend the afternoon contacting and we headed to mission home to get the turkey's going.  Sister Miller went with us and we began peeling potatoes and making the roll dough.

We ended up mashing potatoes, making gravy and setting up the buffet, while everyone else got settled in and visited.  Other senior couples brought side dishes of sweet potatoes, dressing, salad and coconut cream pie and yes, even pumpkin pie was found!  Ice cream and whipped cream topped off the meal!




After dinner the elders and sisters played a game similar to "Cops & Robbers".  Our branch elders were in charge and with some adjustments it became a game with prophets, missionaries, and other evil and good characters found in the Book of Mormon.  They had a great time and even when the game went over in time, the mission president said he wanted to finish it.

We all had a great time and are looking forward to Winter Zone Conference in two weeks where they will be able to play the game again after conference meetings.












Lots to be thankful for this year and excited already to be home for the next one!!!