Thanksgiving 2004

After the wonderful trip I had in March I made Luz a promise. I said "I shall return!" In November of 2004 I kept that promise. I had a rather rough time between March and November. I lost my job and was forced to declare bankruptcy. Things didn't look good for me for a while. But I had an anchor. Her name was Luz. She stuck with me and kept me going. For that I will forever be in her debt. So I started working again and had the opportunity to do some out of town work to make some overtime. With that money I bought a ticket to go see Luz again. I thought it would be appropriate to go there on Thanksgiving in order to celebrate with Luz my victory over the hard times I had.

Luz and her son Robin of course didn't know much about our holiday of Thanksgiving. I told them the story of our first Thanksgiving and how it is a time to come together and share the gifts that God has given us with our friends and family. I am so thankful that I found Luz and Robin and I couldn't think of a better place to spend that special holiday.

Luz and Robin had never had a traditional turkey dinner before. Fortunately there was a store that had frozen turkeys. So I bought a 12 pounder and did my best to make them one. I made my own stuffing out of bread, cooked the turkey in her counter-top oven and we had cranberry sauce. They loved it!!

I was there for two weeks. We did a lot of things together. One of the most important things we did was go to her favorite church. There we lit candles together and before God we pledged our love and devotion to each other.

We also went to the beach together. We had such a great time!!

We had such a great time on my 2 week trip there. I am so blessed to have Luz and her son!!