Thanksgiving Day in Kuwait
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Thanksgiving Day, originally uploaded by Midcoast Mainah.
Well, at least Fran had Starbucks for the holiday! Now, the clothing?! Yes, a buddy went on leave to Australia and brought back these authentic Rugby shirts for each of the guys on their Ultimate Frisbee team at his base camp!!
Fran was not at his “home away from home” for his turkey dinner, so he missed being with his camp family, so to speak. We got to talk to him quite a bit. He called home to wish Micah a happy 16th birthday!
I also had the “privilege” of talking to him at about 5:30 am our time! He wanted to be the first to wish me a Happy Thanksgiving, but he thought he was calling me at 7:30am!! I had little trouble getting back to sleep. I was just glad to talk to him. …or at least listen to his voice…I don’t know that I had anything coherent to say at 5:30 am!!
November 26th, 2006 at 1:10 am
You mean to tell me you aren’t always coherent at 5:30 am? You aren’t alone there. I’m glad you have the opportunity to talk together on the phone.
Nice shirt, a bit different than the normal gear over there I dare say.
November 27th, 2006 at 11:43 am
Gee, for a minute there I was a little confused…it actually looked as if you were on vacation! You are all in our daily thoughts and prayers and I pray for your continued blessings, however small they may be each day.
November 29th, 2006 at 10:49 am
Starbucks! At least that’s a plus.
I love the shirt! I think it looks quite nice . . . and somehow I think his boys may confiscate it from him once it gets back here to the states.
Mark called us a couple of times early in the morning (here), late in the afternoon there. He was really chipper, but I don’t know if any of us made sense. It didn’t really matter, but it was funny later, when I couldn’t hardly even remember what we talked about for a good 20 minutes or so! However, just connecting your voices and hearts is the main thing. I’m glad you guys were able to talk so much, especially since Fran wasn’t even with his usual “camp family.”
December 2nd, 2006 at 11:14 am
Our first phone calls from Tyler, every 8 to 10 days is always in the middle of the night. This week he called at 2:00am and we talked until 3:30am. We are getting use to it and now if I do not receive a call in the early morning, I worry that something has happened to him and his squad.
Mark called us a couple of times and he is in the USA today, Dec. 2, 2006.