We’ve been in Colombia for 3 weeks now. It’s very different from the farm in Costa Rica. We have 12 girls staying in an apartment with 2 bedrooms and one bathroom. There are 2 sets of 3 bunks in one room and 1 in the other. That leaves 3 of us to sleep in the living room. There is one bed in there and 2 other mattresses. We don’t really have room to leave out both mattresses on the floor all day, and I decided not to use either one. They are stacked on one side of the room to make a slightly higher bed. That leaves me sleeping on my sleeping pad and sleeping bag.
Since there isn’t really room to leave my “bed” out all day, I put it up every morning. My sleeping pad goes on top of the china cabinet where we keep a lot of our stuff. My sleeping bag goes in a closet in another room, and my pillow goes on someone else’s bed during the day. So I basically have no space of my own during the day. It has been pretty hard for me.
But I see people sleeping on the sidewalk as I walk around the city. Some people don’t have a bed or place to call their own for years. Some people are cold and hungry on the streets. I only have to deal without a “permanent” bed for a few weeks. I should really be more thankful for what God has given me. I’m so blessed! Instead of focusing on what we don’t have, let’s be thankful for what we do have. What do you take for granted, and what do you have to be thankful for?
