Random Exploration

Yesterday Leah and I took a random walk down the road.  She had previously been there before handing out flyers with the church, but I had gone a different way.  The road we took led down to a river.   The river was really high!  part of the walk way was underwater...  It was really a scary sight.  I know flooding is going on in Bangkok, I just didn't realize it was affecting the people of Ubon as well.

We continued down the road and into a really slummy part of the

town.  We had to cross a bamboo bridge to get there, and it was scary! It wasn't that strong, with each step I could feel the bamboo flex really far down with my weight. Not only did I feel that I was going to fall through because I felt it under my feet, but there were also these squeaking noises! I was just glad we made it across.  

The next part of our trip was sad.  The way the people live there is really bad.  There is trash everywhere, and they have

such little in their homes.  Their houses are barely houses, with beams that appear very week and wide spaces between the boards that are their walls.  But, the people were really friendly.  They didn't seem to mind our wandering around their homes.  They said hello and even wanted us to take a picture of them!!  

The people seemed to have so little, but were so happy.  I heard a talk last night, because we are hosting an evangelistic meeting at

the church, and what the guy said really hit me.  He said that the more money people have, the more problems they have.  Is this true?  Should we strive to live more having a simpler life?  Would this make us more happy?  This certainly seemed to be the situation for the people by the river.  They seemed content and very happy, yet they barely had anything.