Simplicity

A lot of what I am learning is just through life, interacting with the amazing people I havet met here, Bolivians and gringos alike, but I am also learning so much through studying the Word and studying the Word Made Flesh lifestyle celebrations: intimacy, obedience, humility, community, service, simplicity, submission, brokenness, and suffering. As I have learned and witnessed the simple life, I have been learning this is really what we´re called to. With this way of life, we are so much more free from distractions of the world and culture. We are then able to truly enjoy what the Lord has to offer and love and enjoy the people of God so much more purely. This is a way of life, a state of mind, and a lifestyle which is often skewed by the cultural lense through which we view our world. Acts 2:42-47 talks of the first church where they shared everything. Everyone was equal and I think this is how God intended it to be for us. Mother Teresa said "We can´t do anything great, but only small things with great love." I learned in our bible study on Simplicity that we must first be focused on God nd not worry about being everything or doing everything. Then, we will have the time to love and worship God, free from distractions and be available to people as they need it. I know I am completely guilty of this in SO many ways, but I am learning so much about living to your needs and not just divulging in all the wants of the world. We must do this, so that others can be covered because there are SO many people in need. "There is enough in the world to END poverty. It just isn´t distributed right."-Ron Sider
"There is enough for all the world´s need, but not enough for all its greed." -Ghandi
Most of this should be accredited to my team and their wonderful insights that allowed me to absorb and learn all these things, but I am just feeling this transformation of mind and spirit which I feel will certainly be diffifult to maintain in the states where anything you want or need is at your fingertips. It is so easy to divulge all your money into your wants and extravagant items that you don´t necessarily need, only want the best there is out there when there are indeed starving people in this world. Over half the world does not have running water, now what should we do about it?