El Ocho

Do you feel grateful for what you have? It always amazes me how people are so ungrateful, yet some are grateful even when it appears that they have nothing. El Ocho was probably one of the poorest places we visited. It was amazing what these people did NOT have. Most of their houses did not have real walls, some made of cardboard. Many of the little kids could not even afford clothes or shoes, and so many of them looked so sick. The community was on a mountain, and when it would rain, there would be mudslides, which would destroy many of their houses. These people had lost so much and they did not have anything, yet they were so thankful for what they did have and they were so happy for us to be there with them. I am so thankful for everything God has given me and for the amazing family He has surrounded me with.