thankful

I am thankful for our home.

On my way to the mall at 6am on Black Friday there was a message on the radio about being content.  Great timing.  The pastor was sharing about a mission trip he went on to Africa where the people were living in mud huts and literally had nothing.  Children were naked and starving.  He said he shared the same message on being content with the African people, and they received it better than the Americans he first shared it with when he returned to The States.  It reminded me of the mission trip to Mexico Jonny went on after our freshman year of college.  He built a 500 sq ft stucco house for a family of 12 who were previously in a house as big as a bathroom.  They were so thankful and excited about their new big house.  I felt sick to my stomach thinking about the gross uneven distribution of wealth in our world.  As a family of five living in a 1100 sq ft home (barely!) we are SO BLESSED!