On our early morning walks, Chris, Lynnette, Jennifer and I often go past where these Indian workers that Uncle Ron brought up to help with the harvest live. We usually see about 6 women with a bunch of kids sitting on the dirt under this tree. We figured they must be the "nursery leaders" for the day. What a simple life these women lead, barely surviving with the bare necessities! One day we took some Chocolate Chip cookies to share with their nursery group! On this particular day we had a bunch of little toys gathered from around the house. We stopped under the tree and began passing a small toy out to each of the kids!
At first the children didn't know how to react but then they began to holler for the other children to come over... which they did! Thankfully we had enough toys for each child to have something with a few things left over!
This woman was happily doing her laundry in this cement sink... and hanging it to dry on the fence! When I was a child my mom used to tell me, "Poor people have poor ways." (Notice the trash on the ground.) It doesn't cost anything to pick up the trash. I wonder if they just don't notice it or they just don't care. Either way, it doesn't matter, I'm sure Heavenly Father loves them just as much (and possibly even more) than he loves the rest of us!
Many families sleep in a bunk house all togther and have one kitchen between them all, where they cook and eat. They also share communal shower and out houses.
They are very shy and seemed to me to feel very uncomfortable with us around!
It made me sad to see this baby laying on a piece of cardboard!
I'm sure her mother does the best she can to provide for her child! These people are hard working and spend long hours in the hot sun every day! It seems unfair that so many of us have so much and some have so little. I imagine our Heavenly Father will hold us accountable for what we didn't do, but could have, to make their lives more bearable! I feel extremely grateful for my many material blessing when I see the way these people live! I am so blessed!
Thank you for this post. I needed to be reminded of all that is good in my life.
ReplyDeleteSo true! We are so blessed. My problems seem less and less important when I look at how simple their lives are. And not that I want to be doing my laundry in a cement tub, but sometimes I wish all of our lives were simple...we forget that we could live just fine, maybe better with so much less.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you guys took them cookies and a few toys. I bet they will talk about it for days! Wish I could send a bunch of the clothes and toys I'm getting rid of as I pack down your way for them...
What great pics mOm! Love the pic of that cute little girl with pig tails! It's so true... I'm sure they are just as happy if not HAPPIER than most of us. We can learn a lot from them!
ReplyDeleteBless you for seeing the opportunity and doing something! Our opportunities are so different but I should make more effort to respond to them...
ReplyDeleteThanks for the post...a gentle reminder...
How awesome that you saw the need and did something about it. What a cool thing....toys and cookies. What more does a child need! Wish I could have been a part of this, I need to look for my own opprotunities to serve (outside of our ward!)
ReplyDeleteHi Cathy! I love this post! I'm going to use it for FHE. We are trying to teach our girls to be thankful! :)
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