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November 2022
Friends For Dinner - Thanksgiving
Friends For Dinner - Thanksgiving
"That was the best afternoon I've had since I moved here." - Krish
"That was the best afternoon I've had since I moved here." - Krish
Krish, one of our Indian international students told me after spending Thanksgiving at our house a few weeks ago. Gloria and I hosted Thanksgiving with her family at our house this year (for the first time ever, I might add) and we had the joy of inviting some international students to join us through a Bridges program called Friends For Dinner.
Krish and Yash are brothers from India. Krish is studying at UCSD and Yash just graduated from NYU and moved here to work with Amazon. They brought a homemade Paneer Tikka Masala that made all the spicy-food lovers in the house happy.
Tiffany, a Chinese international student, has been a Bridges student leader for over a year and is always awesome to be around. She brought a delicious rice pilaf. Our students are so talented!
My coworker, Brittany, also joined us! Brittany is on staff with Cru here in San Diego but is originally from Chicago. She brought this dessert that she dared to call "Taffy Apple Salad." It's a salad in the broadest sense of the word, but a super tasty dessert that'll have you coming back for more.
Gloria's Dad, aunt, and uncle chatting with Yash, Tiffany, and Krish at Thanksgiving 2022
What is Friends For Dinner?
What is Friends For Dinner?
I'm so glad you asked! Friends For Dinner is "a hospitality program that brings International Students into the homes of friendly Americans for a tasty meal during the traditional holidays of Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas." (https://friends-for-dinner.com/)
Our Bridges team runs the Friends For Dinner program here in San Diego, but currently only for Thanksgiving. We are hoping to expand into other holidays in the future, though. This year we were excited to be able to put 22 students into homes for Thanksgiving day!
If you want to find out more or want to see if there is a Friends For Dinner program operating near you, go to friends-for-dinner.com.
Here are some more photos of our Thanksgiving lunch:
Gloria is the hostess with the mostest. She did a great job of putting this place together.
Gloria's got the skills!
Seriously, though, Gloria's at it again. She made this amazing turkey.
Why choose when you can have it all?
What a spread! I'm really glad it was a potluck!
We had a great time with family and friends. Praise God!
Sam Davis has focused on international student ministry since 2010 and is on staff with Cru and Bridges International in San Diego, CA. His passion for leading others into a close relationship with Jesus is shown in his general love for people and focus on discipleship.
Sam and his wife, Gloria, love to travel, meet people, eat great food, and hike.
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