Normally, I’m not much of a soccer fan…but it’s GHANA!!!! This is the country where I spent part of my childhood..part of my education.. I don’t have too much memories of it because I was young and it was a long time ago, but I remember the food, the fish markets and how we did not have McDonalds (this is why I still love maccas to this day) and how we had infomercials about Omo and Key soap! Being a kid in Ghana, we didn’t have many luxuries and that is what helped me see the bigger picture since I was young. Even though our family was not poor, being in such close proximity to rural areas and poverty and child labour made me realize how fortunate I was. I remember thinking what life would be like if I was the kid on the roadside selling oranges from a basket on my head, and not the nice dressed girl sitting inside an airconditioned car going to school. However, I always knew that there is so much more to life than living comfortably and having lots of money. It was also then that I understood the importance of education. I had a big dream when I was little. I wanted to help people, I wanted to change the world in whatever way I could. I mean, I still want to do that, and I guess being a teacher is impacting in a way, however small it may be. It probably sounds lame, but I firmly believe that to end poverty, every single child must must must have the opportunity to be educated and be loved. That’s the only way out. (Everytime I tell someone this, it somehow sounds like those beauty pageant answers….) I remember we had maids and drivers and gardeners, yet to this day, I am still very uncomfortable with the idea that some people are of a higher class. It makes me wince just to say it. I don’t exactly see the day where everyone will be equal, because there will always be status quo, there will always be the rich and the poor. However, sometimes, when it’s out of my hands, I give it to the Lord. This reminds me of last Sunday, the sermon talked about us being mustard seeds and that we are tiny and insignificant. But God is nurturing us with love and in time, we blossom into trees. So that made me think about all the issues going on in the world right now and how we, little mustard seeds, go around seemingly insignificant, but when the time comes, we will all have impacted someone in some way. Isn’t that just great?
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