One of the blessings of having been away from a place for a while is to see it with fresh eyes as we re-enter what had once been so familiar that we became numb to it. As I have started to re-enter life in Swaziland this past week, here are some of the things that I am noticing again with fresh eyes.
...people greeting EVERYONE they come into contact with throughout the day.
...sickness and death around every corner.
...a man pushing 100 lbs of sugar in a wheelbarrow across the border.
...it being common knowledge that many people go to bed hungry or with only one meal a day.
...people trusting God for every little thing in life.
...preschool aged children walking alone on a 2 lane highway.
...women carrying everything on their heads (bag of oranges, potatoes, firewood, box, cooler) and being able to balance it perfectly.
...Swazis are very modest, South Africans are not.
...people being thankful to be alive.
...men peeing everywhere.
...people laughing & being joyful all day long.
...children caring for other children while no adults are around.
...people talking openly about God & seeing Him in names of everything from bus services to grocery stores to hair salons.
No comments:
Post a Comment