Problems Worth Living For

I write this as we sit in Kingston's Norman Manley Airport, delayed by 3 1/2 hours.  They were kind enough to provide us each $10 food vouchers--which surprisingly goes a long way at the airport here--but doesn't do much to soothe our overall week-end exhaustion.

This has been a phenomenal week--filled to the brim with work projects, team building, time with the residents, and time on the bus taking in the intriguing sites of Jamaica.

That said, no one is particularly annoyed: Iryna and Lindsay are off again on their adventures--this time around the airport; Jordan and Jen are chit-chatting and sharing pictures; Britt and Jess are chilling and watching the futball match that just came on at the bar; I'm reflecting and writing this entry; and Christina, fittingly enough, is sleeping.

We discussed this week that life is not about not having problems; it's about having problems worth living for.  Case in point: being delayed at the airport is annoying, but not something that should knock us off from being awesome.  Working for and with the children of Mustard Seed Communities, on the other hand, is very much a problem worth waking up for each day.

This week is so unique...new friends; new tastes, sounds, and smells; new experiences; new memories.  For you, our readers, maybe not that much new as we had, but uniqueness nonetheless.

And yet all of it only means whatever you want it to mean.

So, make it mean something special.

Thank you all for following our blog this week.  I hope you were inspired by some of our writing similar to how we were inspired by the children and employees of Mustard Seed.

God Bless You All!

Amen.


Andrew (9-Year Veteran)
http://www.mustardseed.com/goto/NYC