Smile :)

Wow the past few days have just been flying by!! We started packing!! Just reminds me how much longer we have left. We have been GETTING RID OF STUFF so fun...And we are house sitting for some friends over the day, and then come home at night, so we have so little time to pack and stuff. And while we are here, we are working on newsletters. So it's been like crazy busy! And tomorrow we have to go to the dentist!!! NO!! I hate the dentist (lets just be honest, who likes it??) Going through stuff has showed me, how much stuff we HAVE but don't NEED. Jesus's disciples went out on a mission trip and didn't bring any extra clothes, shoes, food, or didn't prepare a place to stay. But Jesus provided!! We need to trust that God will provide for us, and not worry all the time about silly stuff like, 'What will i wear today?' or 'What will i eat?' and my family has definitely learned that in the past few months. Here is a good verse to engorge us everyday

Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?' For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these thing; for your heavenly Father know that you need all these thing.

Matthew 6:31-32

Indeed, the very hairs on your head are all numbered. Do not fear; you are more vaulable than many sparrows.

Luke 12:7

So we don't need to worry about these things, we need to trust that God is watching! Now look around you, do you REALLY
need everything you own, or could you give it to someone else that

really do need it.
There are plenty of people out there you are happy when they have NOTHING! But we can't be happy when we can't get the latest phone! Here is a heart breaking stories.

My mom's friend, named Cari, was walking in a village in Uganda, and everyone there is happy, but for some reason there was a little boy who wasn't happy. So she walked over to him and asked what was the matter. He looked at her and said "I'm very sick." he was close to dying (this boy was 5). So she took him to a near by hospital and bought him all of the medication he needed, all for $2.50 in American money.

Here is another touching story

Cari (the same girl) was walking through a village, with a boy around 11. His clothes was old, and he was a mess! People laughed at him, as he walked by, and spit on him screaming "Worthless!" This made Cari mad, and she took the boy and washed him and got him dressed in cleaner and better clothes. The boys face was glowing as he walked into the village in his new clothes. The people treated him differently, with respect.

(Fiona in blue)

Now th is story happened to my sister when she went to Uganda. This girl Fiona had been
following my sister around. Once they were playing duck, duck, goose. And Katelyn got picked, so she went around, and sat across from Fiona. So Fiona got up, and sat right next to Katelyn.

Fiona: What country are you from?

Katelyn: America

Fiona: Oh

(pause)

Fiona: I live with my aunt, but i don't like it.

Katelyn: Oh why?

Fiona: She beats me..

Katelyn: I'm so sorry (what do you say to that??)

(pause)

Katelyn: Where are your parents?

Fiona: Far away..

(pause)

Fiona: Will you take me back to America and be my mother?

Katelyn: I wish i could Fiona.

That just an example of the children hurting out in the world that we are living in.

So next time you are about to complain about something you can't have, remember the orphans around this world, who are suffering. They haven't eaten in days, and carry around a bottle of gasoline, and sniff it when they feel their hunger, and yet they are still happy, and smile everyday, even though they know any day they might die.