Today is Thanksgiving in Liberia, its a national holiday. We had a big meal tonight, not the traditional, but it was very good. I am reminded how blessed I really am, THANK YOU God!! You give me soooo much. I'm so grateful for the letters I recieved and the birthday package from my parents and for emails and encouragement. I'm thankful for starbucks!! I'm thankful for the warm weather and sunshine. I'm thankful for the internet and phone that we have here. Blessed to have an education, to be able to read and write. And sooo thankful for the great opportunity I have to be here on the ship and for God's keeping power!
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Upside down
Two months have passed since I have been here on Mercy Ships. I've seen a lot of people in Liberia living with limited resources and being so thankful. So I wasn't about to complain about my lumpy mattress, after all at least I have a mattress. Sure, I could feel the springs and woke up stiff quite a bit. So I say all this because this week, when a few of the nurses came over to my bunk to watch a movie, they said my bed was really hard! What?! I figured they were all like that. Then Wendy informed me that my mattress was probably upside down, that there was only one padded side. What?! Yes, so I flipped my mattress yesterday morning. Indeed it was 10X softer with the padded side up... too bad it took 2 months to figure it out, but I am thankful for my soft bed, which I can now sleep in for the last month :)
Today is Thanksgiving in Liberia, its a national holiday. We had a big meal tonight, not the traditional, but it was very good. I am reminded how blessed I really am, THANK YOU God!! You give me soooo much. I'm so grateful for the letters I recieved and the birthday package from my parents and for emails and encouragement. I'm thankful for starbucks!! I'm thankful for the warm weather and sunshine. I'm thankful for the internet and phone that we have here. Blessed to have an education, to be able to read and write. And sooo thankful for the great opportunity I have to be here on the ship and for God's keeping power!
Today is Thanksgiving in Liberia, its a national holiday. We had a big meal tonight, not the traditional, but it was very good. I am reminded how blessed I really am, THANK YOU God!! You give me soooo much. I'm so grateful for the letters I recieved and the birthday package from my parents and for emails and encouragement. I'm thankful for starbucks!! I'm thankful for the warm weather and sunshine. I'm thankful for the internet and phone that we have here. Blessed to have an education, to be able to read and write. And sooo thankful for the great opportunity I have to be here on the ship and for God's keeping power!
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3 comments:
Which way is up?
A common question.
For those lost underwater.
For Astronauts,
disoriented by anti gravity.
For babies being born.
Odd that for birth you come down,
and upon death you go up.
There is problbaly a label on the
mattress written in Liberian.
"This side is up"
Who knew?
If one's shoes start to hurt
check to see if they are on the right feet.
The price of 2 months of discomfort
is worth the question of life.
"Which way is up"
Thanks for the laugh.
Love Pappy
I, too, say thanks for the medicine of laughter!
Without a doubt you passed the test of suffering in silence! I'm 55 years old and I still haven't mastered this challenge!!
May the Lord bless the dreams that collect on a soft, comfy mattress!
bo
one word: HILARIOUS
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