Five years ago, in Swaziland, our missionaries spent Thanksgiving day in ministry. Bethany and Keith, who is Canadian, taught some children at the carepoint in Mihlanga about Thanksgiving then asked the students what they were thankful for.
Here are a couple responses from the students, first in this trip report (under the section by Katy Howry):
One twelve year old boy answered, “I am thankful for my grandmother.”
His grandmother is blind and bedridden, and he cares for her. She is his only living adult relative. He is thankful for her, [even though she] cannot provide for him, but is just there. So many children here don’t even have that.A thirteen year old girl answered, “I am thankful for food, there are many people who are poor and are orphans we should pray for those people.”She herself is a orphan living with extended family. Her home is. . . made out of mud and sticks. She is thankful for the food she receives every day at the carepoint.
This Thanksgiving, what are we thankful for?
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