~Running water
~Electricity- fans!
~Water filters
~Clean and healthy food
~Good access to medical care and the money to treat illnesses
~Mosquito nets
~Technology for communication
~The love and support of family and friends
~Prayer
~God who holds me up when I do not have the strength to stand
In the past few weeks I've realized how grateful I am for all of these things, as well as many little things. When it gets tough I try to thank God for all of the little things that I don't necessarily think about in normal daily life at home. How lucky I feel when I realize how much I have. Simply the fact that when I have a stomach problem, I can afford $1.50 worth of medicines that many people here cannot. Or that when I feel feverish or am just tired of the heat, I can turn on my fan and lay on a BED to cool down. And when I am able to talk to family and friends on Thanksgiving and while I'm in the city, I realize how wonderful this technology is (especially considering missionaries even 10 years ago could not do this). And when I'm tired and wish I could talk to my family and Dave and friends, I realize how precious my support system at home is.
But I also realize how awesome GOD is and how amazing that even when I don't have that same support system here in Burkina Faso, thousands of miles away from home, I still have God's love and support. How awesome that even when I am alone, I am never alone.
Happy Thanksgiving!
A servant for Him,
~Liz
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Liz- I'm thankful to have gotten to know you and practice eurhythmics with you as well :) I do hope the roosters are leaving you alone...I know what a pain they can be! Take care and know that we are thinking of you here in Indiana :)
Dear Liz -- All the Lindstroms are thinking of you this Thanksgiving and giving thanks for your ministry and your enthusiasm. The pictures and messages are wonderful. It all looks and sounds so foreign and yet so familiar since we're all God's children on this incredible planet of ours where Christmas can be -34 degrees in Jackson, Wyoming, and 100 degrees in Africa. :) Much love, jessica, tim, ott & harmony
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