do with what you have

This is Mahi at the Guest Home
Ethiopian ladder
Ty toning up
Ethiopian weights

Ethiopian scaffolding

We are absolutely amazed by the people of Ethiopia. We will use the next several blog posts to tell you all about it. We are sorry for being a little slow on updating you but we are taking time to adjust to our new life (which is wonderful).

We had some wonderful drivers while we were there. We had some wonderful conversations with these men and they taught us a lot about the overall  outlook of the people of Ethiopia. One of our drivers told us how him and his family are happy as long as they have God and how everything good comes from God. What they need (food and shelter) comes from God and they have that so they are happy. 

What a lesson we learned. It is so important to be content. In America with the excess of "stuff" there is a frequent challenge to feel content. Most of us do have what we need and we have God or can have God. So let's keep it simple. Let's try to remember to be happy with just those things. Peace and contentment are in simplicity. And we don't mean God is simple in any way but a relationship with God can start with the smallest amount of faith and it can grow into total peace and contentment. That is what we are striving for more of everyday.  We saw kids with nothing and we mean nothing, and they had the biggest, truest smiles we've ever seen.  They are doing with what they have with a big smile and joy in their hearts.