# PonderIt

## Monday, December 19, 2005

### Poverty Tour Fantasy

In frustration with some teenagers I see, I want to load them all up in an airplane and fly them to a place where they can see real poverty. I want them to understand how phenomenally blessed they are. I've never been to such a place myself, though I've glimpsed it in different ways. Today, I read about a mother who actually carried out my fantasy. She took her children to her childhood home in Nigeria. It is hard to realize how very blessed we are to have a reliable roof over our heads no matter what.

#### 1 Comments:

- I often want to take people on poverty tours. I haven't yet been able to get my mind or heart around the forced poverty tour that was my mission, and I feel that everyone should have that experience -- an experience that was soul-expanding for me...

  By RoastedTomatoes, at 12/21/2005 12:16 AM

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