Addis

As I lay here in bed I think of everything I have been exposed to in the past few years. Children with stomachs the size of a melon, family of 5 to 8 or more living in a house smaller than my bathroom, women with children strapped to their backs picking edible food in a pile of trash, terror on the face of a children who are afraid they will never see their parents, many children sharing one plate of food and not fighting over who will have the last bite, children sitting with flies on their faces not moving a single bone because they are too weak to shoo it. I think of these sad images and I am thankful for what I have. I am thankful for the blessings God has given me and how important it is for Anthony and I to have giving hearts. Too often we become comfortable with what God has given us. We begin to justify why we need bigger houses for our ‘stuff,’ or luxury cars because we deserve it. We become blind to the need of others and become self absorbed in our own needs and wants.

I can only pray for a fire in my heart. A fire allowing me to want to make a difference in my life first  and then in the life’s of others. We need to starting thinking of ourselves a little bit less and more of others. Especially those in need.

Here are some pictures of Addis….a beautiful city.

A cow just walking around.