I hope everyone is doing well as you are getting ready for Thanksgiving. It has been neat to get to explain a holiday unique to North Americans. My students know a little of the history and I have had to relearn some of it. How soon we forget our own history.

The entire Central Europe ESI team will be together for a Thanksgiving Retreat this weekend. We are staying at a hotel in Hododin, Czech Republic. It is on the Czech/Slovak border. The hotel is to prepare a normal T-Day dinner for us. We will also have a bit of training this weekend, too. It is why we can get two days off from school. I am excited to see my friends from training and will be glad for the break. But it will be a long travel day. Lena and I are leaving Cheb at 5.50 am and will arrive there at 1.20 pm, by bus.

I am being observed by an ESI alum tomorrow, so I need to prepare for that. She is also staying at my flat tonight so I need to do some shopping and cleaning. I wish all of you a great Thanksgiving holiday. I pray it will be a wonderful time with family and friends and that each of you take time to give thanks for all of our blessings. I am truely thankful for the wonderful friends and family I have supporting, praying for me and cheering me on back home. I am also aware of how much we, as Americans, have to be thankful for. We are truely, truely blessed. Until next time-----Jessica