Humility

You meet all sorts of people when you travel abroad. Development workers especially strike me as a particularly unique sort. Some development vagabonds have traversed the world many times over and hold the memory of projects as war trophies. Being new to this scene, I am often given very little respect. This is humbling. After a year of studying development and learning about "best practices" its quite an experience to hear a condescending voice say, "You just certainly can't do that!" when you talk about your project. In no way does this affect my confidence in what we're doing here, but to simply let my urge to let loose a verbal rampage fade into a vague smile takes a lot for me. I thank God for helping me learn the art of biting my tongue!

In other news, it rained last night! Praise God. Despite this, our enkare olmuseregi (tap water) is sporadic at best. We are lucky enough to have access to plenty of bottled water, but it reminds us of those who live without water every day. I can tell you this, it really stinks (in all ways) to not have water! Next time we hear rain, we'll be sure to run outside with our basins and collect some good shower water!