COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS

There have been days when I’ve felt homesick and there have been days when I have felt totally comfortable with my new life. But either way I want to avoid sulking about the things I miss. Today Im going to focus on all the things Im grateful for this week:

1.    My family – I don’t know what I would do without my family here. I have been so blessed with such an amazing family. We all get along super well, yet we all tease each-other non stop…in a friendly way and I love it!

2.    Laughter – Even though im half way across the world from home and people speak a different language, wear different clothes, eat different food. There is always laughter wherever you go!

3.    Chocolate advent calendar – It hasn’t felt much like Christmas lately, probably because we don’t have a tree, cold weather, lights or any of the “normal” stuff. BUT I do have a chocolate advent calendar that reminds me it’s the most wonderful time of the year! Thanks to my awesome cousin for that genius idea ;)

4.    Tea Tree oil – I would die without this stuff! I have not gone longer than three days without being biten by a mosquito and the best thing to relieve the constant itchiness is tea tree oil….it works wonders!

5.    Phone – Hearing my friends and families voices on the phone every once in a while is something I am so grateful for! Just the fact the I am here in Africa and they are in North America and we can have a conversation….its amazing

6.    Memories – On the first day of December I turned on some Christmas music and fell asleep thinking of all the christmas’s I’ve ever had. I’m so thankful to have such wonderful memories to look back on and I cherish them all deeply.

7.    One Upon A Time – It’s a TV show and Savannah and I are addicted to it! Sadly we only have two more episodes until were done season 2 (sad face) for the first few weeks here we could hide away to our room to watch some good ol TV and it was nice to have a break from all the craziness of outside.

8.    Chapattis! – The most delicious thing you will ever taste in your life…Mix together water, flour and some salt and deep fry it to make a chapatti! Its delicious….and yes maybe not super healthy for you but you gotta do what you got to do!

9.    Deodorant – No one wheres it here and ya its as bad as it sounds….I am so grateful that I grew up in a society that encourages, if not demanded everyone to wear deordorant! You can’t even buy normal deodorant here, just the crappy liquid stuff.

1- Safety – I feel like a lot of people have an image in their mind of Africa as very dangerous but its not. Sure, the first few days here I felt scared walking around but now its completely normal. I have never felt unsafe and I thank God everyday for keeping us safe.

What are you grateful for today?