local.

i love to be out in-country.  like--really where people are living and seeing their day

to day lives.  we walked to the boys' schools yesterday and i love how they realize

what a privilege and blessing school is. 

then, we went into the village to get things for dinner.  it's so beautiful here.

i mean, there is loss, grief, corruption, greed, desperation...

just like there is everywhere.

and while i realize that the degrees of things are different everywhere,

those are pretty universal.

yet, there is joy, contentment, perseverance and compassion, too.

many hands help prepare dinner.  people sit on the porch together

and talk--or, better yet, just sit.  buying local is the only option.

choosing joy is the only way.  laundry hangs out to dry.  kids get

as dirty as they'd like without even a fuss.  every blessing is appreciated.

relationships take precedent over time.

it is beautiful.