Today I was with a mother-daughter group in Rio 1, where we did a special activity on giving thanks, in honor of us American's celebrating Thanksgiving this week. Antonio and Hope gave a short talk, read some scripture on why we should be thankful, and then each of the kids, their moms, and the Americans on the group got a paper leaf which said "Gracias dios por..." (Thank you God for...) to put up on our tree of thanks. What an amazing experience to see what people in extreme poverty are thankful for, and all of the things I take for granted or overlook. Lots of thankfulness for families, food, the soup kitchen, clothing, school, friends, and for all that God does for them.
Those are great photos and a wonderful story about being thankful. We surely missed you today on Thanksgiving!
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