Thankful

When ever you spend time in a third world country you always become more aware of the things that you are thankful for. Thought yall would apreciate hearing some of those things...
washing machines dryers and fabric softener- we do laundry on a wash board in a bucket with a bar of soap and hang clothes on the line to dry.
microwave-those don't exist in the bush.
english-its really nice to be able to communicate in the way that you want to and not have to play charades.
toilets- we have a squatty potty, which is really nice compared to some of the other "facilities" you may find around, a squatty is a concrete hole in the ground more or less.
clean water-all water must be filtered here
matches- we have to have matches to use our gas stove and one day we had all wet matches and those just don't work.
here are some things here that I'm thankful for...
simple shade- we have a tree a few yards from our hut that we go to for afternoon naps and the whole family usually comes out to nap together under the shade
not being attached to a cell phone- we have a phone to contact our supervisor if we need it, but I really enjoy not having it attached to me and checking it all the time
church-fellowship with other believers is so neccisarry. Lauren, our supervisor and the other two girls that are working in a village a few minutes away from us is the body of christ for us on a daily basis. Today we get to go to church for the first time in a month and I'm so excited to be in company with like minded people!
God's word- it's a daily encouragement to get to read His word and hear from Him.


Language study has been the best time! Our teacher is great, he shared Christ with two guys in out village this week! A lot of the little kids here are scared of white people because their older simblings tell them that we eat little kids :( so there is this one little boy in our village who screams and runs when he sees us, but this week he held my hand!!! Major personal victory there! Africa feels more like home the more I'm here. I put pictures up in our hut and we have some more personal things that make it more comfortable. It rained a lot this week which was a HUGE blessing! It hadn't rained for about a week and a half and if it doesn't rain for two weeks crops die and there is no food for the next year, so we were getting pretty worried, but it rained like 3 times really hard! We got to play in the rain and really enjoyed it :) the family that we are staying with has been so sweet and welcoming. They checked and made sure we didn't have leaks in our hut and got rid of our termites and are always laughing with us and being patient as we learn their language. Be praying for the two guys that heard the gosel last week that the Lord would make them curious about the truth. Continue to pray for me to be content in all circumstances and for the Lord to show me more of His character so that I can manifest that to those around me. He's been showing me a ton about who He is and who I am because of who He is and it's been really fun!! Thank yall so so much for your prayers!