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Monday, December 04, 2006

I am so blessed and don't even care


On Sunday I talked to a couple of people who had come here from Africa and realized that I have no idea what a hard life is. One girl is 23 and her little brother has aids, her mother died of aids and her father is dying of aids. When she was in the 8th grade she had to take care of 10 kids being a mom to them all.

There is a terrible famine in the country and everyday just finding food is enough to be greatful for.

It seems I whine and complain about the smallest of things but some other people have problems orders of magnitude worse than mine and can still be happy.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

That's why we should leave the "immigration bills" alone and work on solving problems in regards to the bigger picture.

-Theresa

Tuesday, 05 December, 2006  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Paul- thanks for coming to the Africa Q & A Party! It sounds like your world view has been affected!

Justina has an excellent testimony of trial, endurance, strength, faith and joy. She is an encouragement to know.

Chelsea... I recommend visiting a country where the majority of the people are HIV+ or dying of Aids.

Thursday, 07 December, 2006  

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