Colombia doesn't have the most holidays in the world (according to my research that would be Austria with 38 holidays each year; what's that? You are moving?), but they do have quite a few. I remember counting 15 Monday holidays one year. If the actual day falls on a weekend, you don't always get that many.
But they (obviously) don't celebrate American holidays like Thanksgiving, the Fourth of July, or Memorial Day. In fact, I don't really remember celebrating that last holiday while we were on the mission field. But Nikki, a friend of mine who lives the next country over, celebrated last year in Ecuador. Here's what they did.
Nikki Rogers lives in South America with her husband, Dan, and their two children. Nikki keeps busy cooking and baking things from scratch and being a homeschooling Mom.
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But they (obviously) don't celebrate American holidays like Thanksgiving, the Fourth of July, or Memorial Day. In fact, I don't really remember celebrating that last holiday while we were on the mission field. But Nikki, a friend of mine who lives the next country over, celebrated last year in Ecuador. Here's what they did.
"I had the privilege of hosting two American military families last year so pulled out the few red, white, and blue things I could find. We generally keep the “Americana” décor to a minimum here, but I think we made it work okay. I found some blue and white checked paper and wrapped it around an empty spaghetti jar to help with the “blue” part. The fabric napkins have sea creatures on them, but I figured that could stand for the “from sea to shining sea” part of America!
"We treated our friends to pescado encocado (coconut fish) from the restaurant across the street and then finished the meal with coffee and patriotic cookies that my kids helped decorate.
"Because we set the table on Saturday, we had a Sunday morning breakfast picnic on the front steps. Thankfully it was a nice sunny morning, full of feisty hummingbirds, a cute little blue and white bird, and a spider in a hole.
"My husband was in the jungle, so he missed out on all the above activities and fun...but he did enjoy some leftover fish and cookies later!"
Coincidentally, we are having Nikki and her whole family over for dinner tonight!
What did you do to commemorate Memorial Day?
Nikki Rogers lives in South America with her husband, Dan, and their two children. Nikki keeps busy cooking and baking things from scratch and being a homeschooling Mom.
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