Thankful Jamaica Recap Pt. 4 of 5

Me and the team actually get to share more of this on Sunday at the DeWitt campus service, but this was the list of things i am thankful for that i started to compile with a few others while I was overseas:
Thankful for:

• My own personal car- they can be lucky to have a family car, if not just taxi $, let alone each individual in the family owning a car
  
• Money to get to school and eat
• Parents who made Access to education (taxi's/uniform) possible
  
• Pastors able to be themselves- Sounds like their are some pretty strict rules of a religion rather than relationship put on pastors at times in Jamaica
  
• Ice
• Urinals that don't splash
• Toilets that aren't falling apart
  
• Air conditioning
• Easily accessible Hot water
  
• Clean hospitals
• Reliable Car
  
• Washing machine
• Safety on roads
• Unending supply of water
• Less bug spray needed
  
• Shoes
• Electricity
• More Value in Families with one mom and dad
  
• Plumbing instead of Water in barrels

• Comfortable houses
• Proximity- churches/school close enough to get to
  
• Christian culture- the non-pressure to lose my virginity
  
• Not having Innocence lost- falling into bad circumstances early because of poverty
  
• Trash service- there is not a lot of recycling and mainly have burn piles there
  
• Nice Grocery stores
• Refrigerator
• That I was Taught/know how to swim/I met a few adult Jamaicans who were scared of the ocean or couldn't swim
  
• Not worried about having to be darker/lighter skin color for prejudice reasons
  
• Having a Christian community/good church back home
  
• Beau at Faith Church (Jim and Penny expressed their appreciation of his support)
• Lack of Accusations- against what I've done in ministry so far
• Lack of Distrust in the local church- I hear of a lot of people who don't trust the church anymore, but despite its flaws and humanity, i still have a wholehearted hope for its people.
  

Things I contemplated giving up or at least pondered whether i should be downgrading:

• Cell phone
• Clothes
• How much money needs to be spent on securities