Summer 2015 Slum Village
Man, am I learning a lesson on CONTENTMENT.
" Be CONTENT in what you have. For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you.". - Hebrews 13: 5. Wow God is always with us. That, my friend, is good news. No matter what you are going through.
I was at the slum village paying Titah, a new mom. She makes bracelets and earns 15 UDS a month for money for food. I get to her family hut with her baby asleep in a hammock wonder the hut above the dirt. Her other 4 children are smiling despite dirty clothes and no shoes. Their outdoor tiny fire has a pot on it cooking water with what they can afford to put in for soup. I am invited to sit under the hut in a hammock as Tita was in the middle of a "shower'. Her "shower" consists of being outside in the village where all can see and dumping a bucket of water over her head with a sarong on. After doing this several times she pins up her hair and is ready to go, drying quickly from the Cambodian heat. All with a smile on her face! Between bucket dumps during her shower she stopped to bring me a cup of water with a kind smile. I kindly decline knowing the water is not clean and will get us weak stomach americans sick.
Just a little glimpse in the life of a lovely friend living in poverty. Joy despite circumstances. May her true story help us put our discontentment in to place. May we be thankful for the little things in life & lovely sunsets. :) God is with us, Praise Him. Let's keep each other in prayer- Renee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmrXnHrH1rs
" Be CONTENT in what you have. For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you.". - Hebrews 13: 5. Wow God is always with us. That, my friend, is good news. No matter what you are going through.
I was at the slum village paying Titah, a new mom. She makes bracelets and earns 15 UDS a month for money for food. I get to her family hut with her baby asleep in a hammock wonder the hut above the dirt. Her other 4 children are smiling despite dirty clothes and no shoes. Their outdoor tiny fire has a pot on it cooking water with what they can afford to put in for soup. I am invited to sit under the hut in a hammock as Tita was in the middle of a "shower'. Her "shower" consists of being outside in the village where all can see and dumping a bucket of water over her head with a sarong on. After doing this several times she pins up her hair and is ready to go, drying quickly from the Cambodian heat. All with a smile on her face! Between bucket dumps during her shower she stopped to bring me a cup of water with a kind smile. I kindly decline knowing the water is not clean and will get us weak stomach americans sick.
Just a little glimpse in the life of a lovely friend living in poverty. Joy despite circumstances. May her true story help us put our discontentment in to place. May we be thankful for the little things in life & lovely sunsets. :) God is with us, Praise Him. Let's keep each other in prayer- Renee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmrXnHrH1rs
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