Thanksgiving

So yesterday was sort of a busy day that I didn't have time to get on here and blog. However, it was a really great day. It started off like any day should by going to Mass. It was a nice Mass and for not being a Sunday Mass or a Holy Day of Obligation, there was a lot of people there in my opinion. After that we started getting things ready for our visitors coming. I got all of my things cooked and prepared the day before, so I really didn't have to worry about much, but I did feel lazy while the others were preparing. Unfortunately only 2 of the people Br. Patrick invited were able to make it, so in total there was only 5 of us there eating and 3 of the 5 were vegetarian. After they left I went to a new friend of mines house named Christin Sommers. How do I know her? Well I only met her at the beginning of this month at the St. Daniel Harvest Festival. Her dad is the deacon at the parish, so I knew who she was, but she didn't know me. However, she graciously extended an invite to me for Thanksgiving. I was really nervous going over there because her family was there. Not to mention the fact that her dad is a deacon and her younger brother is a priest for the Diocese, so I felt like I had to make a good impression. Well to my amazement, I felt like I was at home. They would joke like I would joke, so I ended up laughing more. No words can express how truly thankful I am to them and there family for making such an awesome Thanksgiving Day for me. Hopefully I will be able to hang out with them again in the future.
Today was a fun day as well. I slept in this morning because I was really tired. I got together with some of the FrancisCorp Volunteers from last year for a trip to Skaneateles, New York for the Charles Dickens Christmas. They run this program every year right after Thanksgiving up to Christmas, but only on the weekends. Over 50 people dress up like characters from Charles Dickens Christmas Carol. They will actually come up to you and introduce themselves to you as there character. We all gathered around a gazebo to sing Christmas carols, which was really nice. Plus what made it nice was the fact that it was beginning to snow.




This evening the Franciscan Friars were sponsoring a fund raiser for their food pantry, which was a sing a long to the Sound of Music. It was a lot of fun and I got to meet some more of the new friars who are taking up residence at Assumption. One of who happens to be a Filipino and who is in fact trying to organize a Filipino Mass for January 2nd. I am definitely going to be at that Mass. He is also trying to build a Filipino community here in Syracuse and I am so glad because the Philippines was a great experience for me. I like making new friends!