We all met in the city and spent the first day greeting each other and catching up. The second day was the delicious day. We cooked two turkeys and had everyone from our group responsible for bringing a different item, pot luck style. The food was delicious! What was nicer was getting to see everyone, hang out, and catch up with each other to see how life is going out in our communities. In honor of Thanksgiving and Friendsgiving I have decided to have a short post about things I am thankful for.
Thanksgiving List
- God: I am thankful for my salvation through Jesus Christ. I am thankful for the chance I have at life because of the sacrifice made through Him to atone for my sins, and for the chance I have everyday to glorify Him and live in a manner that may bring others to Him as well.
- My Parents and Family: I am thankful for the support they give me and how many opportunities they have provided me within life. I am thankful that even though I am hundreds of miles away they are still there for me anytime I need them.
- Peace Corps: It may not be perfect all the time, but the opportunity given to me here by the Peace Corps is unlike any other in the world. To be able to come into a community and share my life and my culture with them while absorbing everything of theirs that I can makes everyday a beautiful gift no matter how good or bad it may go.
- Friends Back Home: I am thankful for all my friends back home that can keep me updated on life in the states and seem interested in my stories from here. I could probably post a blog page about each friend and all the things they have done but I promised this would be a short post.
- Fellow PCVs: The network here of PCVs is pretty great and I doubt I could survive without their support. Their hilarious stories are always great for brightening a dreary day as well.
- The United States of America: Seriously, that place is great.
- Panama: Panama is a beautiful country and although many things are a bit wonky socioeconomically, the generosity of the people is sensational. They would give you the shirt off their back if you needed it.
Psalm 95:2-3 -- Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.
Good morning, how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because through them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately, it is impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are very small countries with very few population, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this, I would ask you one small favor:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Panama? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Panama in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Avenida Juan de la Cierva, 44
28902 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally, I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
Emilio Fernandez