Dirty Feet Lessons

These precious feet belong to 6 year old Abdula. He runs around in these torn up shoes, playing soccer, cricket, and working... never complaining or asking for more. We’ve learned so much from the keepers of feet like these. For instance …
You can make a game of just about anything. Even if you have NO toys…you can climb trees, throw rocks and see whose went farthest, play tag, run a race, make bows and arrows out of sticks, use rocks as “marbles,” and use sticks to fling tomatoes across the field.
We’ve also learned that you can eat weeds as a snack. I was shocked the other day when Clay and Em were picking and then eating green clover-type weeds with the other boys. Clay said, “Mom, you should try it. It’s really good!” This was coming from the boy who didn’t like to eat salad in the U.S.A.
We’ve learned that in simplicity, there is peace. Conversations can last a long time here. Cell phones don’t interrupt. People walk slowly on the roads because no one is in a hurry. At night there are very few lights, so we see the stars more clearly. When I walk home from tucking in the boys at their homes, I walk by the light of the moon. I am thankful for this slowing down of our pace of life....and this time to be still and know that He is God.