All the small things

One thing I’ve realized on the World Race is how much I truly take for granted. 

There are small everyday things that I take for granted… as well as things that I thought were small but are actually things that greatly impact my life. 

Small things:

Ice 

FREE refills 

Washing machines… I don’t even know what a dryer is anymore 

Personal space 

DRIVING!! 

Alone time 

… these are just to name a few.

Last week I talked to one of the girls at the home that we were staying at. I asked her why she wasn’t in school. I thought maybe she doesn’t feel well or she goes later in the day. 

Then one of the others who was getting ready for school explained to me that she doesn’t have a birth certificate so she can’t go to school.
I’ve never thought once about how important that one piece of paper is. I mean if I need it, I just call my mom and she sends a fax wherever it needs to go. I didn’t think about the fact that if I didn’t have that piece of paper I couldn’t have gone to school. 

Jenifer was robbed of the chance to have an education because she doesn’t have one piece of paper!
Her life was completely changed because when she was younger she was to be sold for money. Her mother needed money so she was going to sell Jenifer. Just like that. 

Praise the Lord she wasn’t sold.
Lord, Thank you for saving Jenifer. Thank you for the friend that took her to young group where she was sent to a girl’s home instead of being sold. Thank you Father! 

Jenifer is 12 years old. 

She wants to be a teacher when she grows up. 

Her favorite verse is Romans 12:12 “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer.”

This is Jenifer!