A Lesson in Gratitude

Elizabeth has four children of her own and cares for her deceased daughter’s child and other deceased relative’s children.  

The total is nine and they live in a two room “house” that measures 12’ X 24’. There is a twin size bed that occupies ½ of one room (behind sheet) and the other room is for cooking. The children sleep on the dirt floor in sacks made to carry food.

The cooking room is empty with the exception of a fire pit, the common means of cooking. The walls are made of mud packed between sticks and the floors are dried dirt. 

Next to the building is a cho. It is similar to the outhouse of our western culture but it is a mud building with a gunnysack “door”. The difference is, there is no stool, just

 a hole dug in the ground, that one squats over, (again, typical of the culture).

Upon meeting the family, my heart broke and I vowed to pay for a larger building and food supply.

To my surprise, I learned an interesting fact about the family. They are ungrateful. When TI provides for them and seeks better housing, they want more, they are not thankful for what is provided and do not properly care for what they have.

How much so are we like this with our God despite his constant provisions?