Happy Thanksgiving!

Matt did what he was supposed to do...

Lily did what she was supposed to do...

Ti-Louie did what he was supposed to do...

And Mom did what she was supposed to do....

Then we were off, with a "Bon Thanksgiving!" from Abel, all packed in the truck with mashed potatoes, rolls and cranberry precariously balanced for the treck to Vaudreil, which is, as one visitor said, is "like driving on the moon for 30 minutes."

"The Hen House" hosted, (Kate, Julie and Hannah's) and everything was just beautiful and homey and we felt truly blessed to have a family to celebrate with.  Lily was happy just to be with the Bundy kids, and the food this year was better than it's ever been (in our opinion :).  Every bit as good as a Thanksgiving in the States, with lots of people ordering in special foods that we can't get normally.  I ate more than I have eaten since week 4 of pregnancy, and will probably pay for it...It was worth it!

Matt and Dodo tag-teaming Kate's turkeys.

The only downside to the whole afternoon was that Julie and Hannah, and the other members of Bethesda Clinic, are going full-throttle trying to take care of an overwhelm of cholera patients, all in need of 24/7 care, and many of them small children.  They had been going all day, missed most of the celebration, and have a very long night ahead of them changing IV bags and caring for the patients as that Bethesda Clinic has no medical staff working evenings or nights.

The "cholera house" is already full, and Dr. Rodney is working to find more space for patients.  Please be praying for Julie, Hannah, Rodney, other nurses working, for those with cholera, that the Lord would encourage each of their hearts, give them good strength and energy and would keep everyone safe and improving in health.  Unfortunately, this is most likely not something that is going to "go away" soon, and it really is changing the face of Haiti, the clinic, AND therefore of what OMS is doing in northern Haiti for the time being.  Please pray for lots of wisdom, compassion, knowledge and resources.

After hanging out for a while, Matt joyfully declared that we can now say "Merry Christmas", and we started home singing  "A Partridge in a Pear Tree", which John thankfully knows all 12 verses to :), feeling incredibly thankful to have an OMS family, to have a Saccanville family, to have an EBS family, to have YOU as our family, and to have our 'original' families in Somerset and Middletown Praising the Lord for His goodness, faithfulness, and lovingkindness with us tonight.

Lily and "Jul-wee", feeding her her all time favorite and ever-so-rare, Cool Whip