Thanksgiving

Hello all,

Well, we had quite a week off from school. On Saturday before Thanksgiving, we got up very early and headed south to the bottom of Portugal and then east into Spain. We passed quickly through Seville and then turned south again to Tarifa near Gibraltar. There we caught a ferry to Morocco. All this was required as we are allowed to tour in Portugal for 90 days and then we have to leave the European Union. What an interesting way to spend a weekend. We arrived at our Bed & Breakfast in Tangiers just after dark. Dar Nilam (Blue Diamond) is about 5 minutes from the ferry port and a world away from familiarity. We were greeted by our host and given about an hour to get ready for dinner and what a dinner it was! There were 8 in our party counting Noah who is about 18 months old and will not remember much. Our host family prepared a wonderful traditional meal for us (main course was chicken with couscous and vegetables) and joined us for interesting conversation. We covered religion, politics, social issues, and religion again. Great contrast between believing by faith alone in Jesus as the Son of God sacrificed in our place of atonement for our sin and the belief that good works might be enough to save us. Anyway it was a great experience in a beautiful place. We "toured" the next day a bit and one of us will blog about that and the rest of our week soon. Mike