Hot Water Saves Lives
In these past couple weeks, I have marveled at the miracle of hot water. My family has battled three (yes, three separate it seems) stomach viruses and hot water is a life-saver. Hot water enables me to wash all the various clothes and blankets that are messed up when people get sick.
How do people in third world countries do it? I currently have a stomach virus (lucky me) and, unable to even keep water down, it's all I can do to make my way to the laundry room, throw in clothes and soap and dial in some clean clothes. How do ladies in say, Africa, do it? How do they function well enough when they are sick to go haul water from perhaps a couple miles away, drag it home, haul in some firewood, start the fire, start some water boiling, throw in the clothes, move them around with a stick to get the crud off and finally haul them out (sopping wet) and hang them up to dry?
I don't know how they do it. But it's important to get things clean again once someone is sick. Disease seems to (sometimes) be spread through contact with sickness. I don't know how women in third world countries do it.
I am so grateful for the blessing of hot water. It is a twist of fate that I was born who I am, in the country I am. It is amazing and wonderful that I am blessed with easy access to hot water.
Being this sick and thinking about my blessings in the middle of sickness, makes me realize how important organizations like these are:
http://thewaterproject.org/?gclid=CJ2syeCooK0CFVSR7QodQjFzlg
The Water Project has some sobering statistics:
"More than 1 in 8 people in the world don't have access to safe drinking water.
1 out of every 5 deaths under the age of 5 worldwide is due to a water-related disease.
Nearly 80% of illness in developing countries is linked to poor water and sanitation conditions."
This Christmas, did you get what you wanted? Were you disappointed with your holidays or with your family gatherings?
But did you have hot water whenever you turned on a faucet?
I did. So here I sit, sick as a dog due to a stomach flu (I'm not sure?) but you know, I am very, very blessed. Whenever I want, I have safe water to drink, even if I cannot stomach it right now. With fresh, safe water, I have a chance to recover that so many people in the world do not.
My Christmas wasn't perfect but, even when sick, I am blessed beyond measure.
How do people in third world countries do it? I currently have a stomach virus (lucky me) and, unable to even keep water down, it's all I can do to make my way to the laundry room, throw in clothes and soap and dial in some clean clothes. How do ladies in say, Africa, do it? How do they function well enough when they are sick to go haul water from perhaps a couple miles away, drag it home, haul in some firewood, start the fire, start some water boiling, throw in the clothes, move them around with a stick to get the crud off and finally haul them out (sopping wet) and hang them up to dry?
I don't know how they do it. But it's important to get things clean again once someone is sick. Disease seems to (sometimes) be spread through contact with sickness. I don't know how women in third world countries do it.
I am so grateful for the blessing of hot water. It is a twist of fate that I was born who I am, in the country I am. It is amazing and wonderful that I am blessed with easy access to hot water.
Being this sick and thinking about my blessings in the middle of sickness, makes me realize how important organizations like these are:
http://thewaterproject.org/?gclid=CJ2syeCooK0CFVSR7QodQjFzlg
The Water Project has some sobering statistics:
"More than 1 in 8 people in the world don't have access to safe drinking water.
1 out of every 5 deaths under the age of 5 worldwide is due to a water-related disease.
Nearly 80% of illness in developing countries is linked to poor water and sanitation conditions."
This Christmas, did you get what you wanted? Were you disappointed with your holidays or with your family gatherings?
But did you have hot water whenever you turned on a faucet?
I did. So here I sit, sick as a dog due to a stomach flu (I'm not sure?) but you know, I am very, very blessed. Whenever I want, I have safe water to drink, even if I cannot stomach it right now. With fresh, safe water, I have a chance to recover that so many people in the world do not.
My Christmas wasn't perfect but, even when sick, I am blessed beyond measure.