Living out of boxes...again!

This time next week hopefully we will be moving (or already be done moving) into our home at Rainbow.  It seems to come natural for us to just load up some boxes and tubs with our items and send them on to our next house.  It's amazing that after moving to our 6th home in less than 2 years we are still carrying around too much stuff.  We cull and we cull and we cull again yet still we have so much more than we need.  It's humbling to live in a society that makes less than a dollar a day...Where a peanut butter cookie or a piece of chicken is the extent of many children's Christmas presents.  And living in the city has somewhat shielded us from the true nature of Malawian living.  It's easy to live like Americans here and accumulate lots of stuff. We hide behind our walls and pretend we're the only ones here. Life goes on just like it always has.  But a quick look outside the gate (or even outside the city) reminds us that there are many here who are struggling to survive.  Now we are moving outside the city.  Our home overlooks maize fields and villages where dirt floors and grass roofs are the norm.  Another cull...another humbling experience.  Thank you, Lord for Your provisions, Your protection, and Your lessons.

Our new home...our family will be on the right side of the duplex.