Packages

Recently, we received several packages from USA, and I just had to post this photo of Ben with the new Action Bible he got in one of them.

We are always so excited when a package arrives!  The idea that people have bought us things to put in the package and then paid all that money to send it (at least $75), really touches our hearts.  Of course, we enjoy the things that are sent out.  On our regular list to received from parents is pepperoni (we can’t live without it, practically!), parmesan cheese, ranch dressing mix, and some American candy.  People send us movies and music sometimes, books, and toys for the kids.  What is amazing is that these things usually arrive intact.  We know others who either don’t receive what was sent, or the package is pillaged.  But somehow, God has protected us from that and we are so grateful.

“Home” seems so far away sometimes.  The idea of walking down the aisle in a big store seems so foreign.  The foods that we miss are so far in the future, the good American pencils that are sent out are so highly treasured here.  Sometimes I feel like we live on another planet, and when we open that box of love, I am reminded that we just live somewhere else on the same planet.  -C