Distribution of Resources

We have spent 3 weeks in the Midwest and now are on the East Coast.  We have been enjoying the beach and special time with family.

Our family, along with my brother's family, were in our local 4th of July parade on Cape Code, Massachusetts.  The kids made a little float and we all dressed in red, white and blue.  As we went down the street, we threw candy into the crowd.  At the beginning of the parade, I noticed that the kids in the crowd had huge bags full of candy and that some of the candy still lay on the ground or had even gone into some of the puddles from the rain the night before.  I watched as our supply of candy got smaller and and smaller.  By the end of the parade route, I noticed that the kids along the route had empty candy bags and that none of the parade participants had any candy left to throw into the crowd.

To me the image reminded me of our world.  We have enough resources that everyone could have some if it were distributed differently.  Some parts of the world have so much that is easy to waste what is there, while people in other parts are struggling to have anything.

We have 10 days until we leave for Cameroon.  Our excitement and nerves are rising.  May God give us peace as we go through our final preparations and goodbyes.

-Joy