There was turkey, stuffing, green bean casserole, sweat potatoes, rolls, and table filled with desserts including pumpkin pie, cheesecake, and chocolate-walnut pie.  Over seventy people crowded into the IU House Dining Hall to enjoy this Thanksgiving celebration.  While others were just rising to enjoy the annual Thanksgiving Day parade, we were basking in the savory smells and tastes of our own Thanksgiving feast.

It was a beautiful event as we had Americans from all over Kenya come to join us and even a few Kenyan friends as well.  Many opened up those cans and boxes brought so long ago from America and saved just for this occasion.  Canned pumpkin and mushroom soup tasted all the better following their long journeys across the Atlantic.

Underneath a banner reading "Happy Thanksgiving," we all simultaneously declared what we were thankful for.  Though far from loved ones and the places many of us call home, we then sat down for an incredible night to celebrate and remember all that we have been given.