Happy Thanksgiving!!

So Thanksgiving is a mere 5 days away and I am going to miss it sorely. We are having a missionary party with all the fixings but its not till Dec. 2 so I have to wait an extra week to get my turkey coma. But since the tendency would be for me to lament missing such a delicious holiday…and the fact that even when we do have it there wont be yummy bars. I have decided to make a rather obnoxious but still incomplete list of things I am grateful for.
I am thankful for…
1. Jesus Christ dying on the cross for my sins
2. my family
3. my friends
4. Costa Rica
5. Diversity
6. Host families
7. Food
8. Shelter
9. sunshine
10. rain
11. snow
12. kids
13. the elderly
14. school
15. my education
16. books
17. bubbles
18. mountains
19. plains
20. beaches
21. oceans/rivers/lakes
22. clean drinking water
23. public transportation
24. different languages
25. ice cream
26. chocolate
27. peanut butter
28. any combination of the above mentioned 3
29. freedom
30. the choice to give up some freedom to experience new cultures
31. the internet
32. fotos
33. sunrises
34. sunsets
35. cultural blunders
36. language barriers…like the fact that twice I have used the word for dust in place of the word for turkey thus making me ask a lady at a café if I could have a dust sandwich 
37. the hustle and bustle of the city
38. the calmness of the country
39. alone time
40. time with friends
41. fruit
42. the texano sandwich I just ate which contained BBQ sauce the first time ive had it in 2 months
43. travel
44. jeans
45. avocado, jelly, and guacamole…3 things I swore I hated before I tried them about 2 years ago 
46. laughter
47. good health
48. allergy medicine
49. tissues
50. toilet paper
51. art
52. dance…watching it that is…like the break dancers I watched in San Jose…I felt like I was inside Step Up 2…ha ha
53. the Olympics
54. curling and golf…to remind me that some people have radically different likes than me
55. journals
56. blogs
57. oxygen
58. gallo pinto
59. youth groups
60. honesty
61. bookbags
62. fotocopy shops
63. churches
64. the Bible
65. telephones
66. bicycles
67. the ability to plug my ears if I don’t want to listen to people making out
68. doctors and nurses…even if I never go to them
69. soccer
70. the ONU soccer team…who I should mention have their first round of NAIA playoffs today!!
71. ONU in general
72. street performers in San Jose
73. natural abilities/gifts
74. being thrown into difficult situations
75. English
76. Christmas lights
77. Love
78. Forgiveness
79. Patient people
80. Listening ears
81. Corny Jokes
82. rainbows
83. flowers
84. wise counsel
85. airplanes
86. teachers
87. librarians
88. coaches
89. the poor…who so often have their priorities in the right order, we can learn a lot from them
90. second chances
91. Disney movies and great friends to watch them with…Wingapo!
92. Bourbonnais
93. Music
94. Eyes with which to people watch
95. tourists and their khaki safari outfits
96. animals
97. being a middle child
98. the unknown
99. curly afro headed children
100. the realization of how blessed I really am

So yeah if you read all those…Im impressed. And even as I write those about 100 more pop into my head.
So if your having a bad day or are feeling down right annoyed with the world I suggest making a similar list because when your thinking of all the good there is its really hard to stay ticked off.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
I’m thankful for YOU!
KT