My Deepest Desire

She willingly shared her story last night, her first night to attend one of our studies.

 "I've tried to commit suicide many times. Here are the marks on my wrist; I've also used other means."  

She narrated the abuse she has suffered as a child, teen and young woman. 
She looked me in the eye and tearfully expressed,

"I want to find God!  I can't find Him with the Jehovah's Witnesses.  No way can I find Him in that place (pointing to the place where a false religion meets).  My deepest desire is to find God!"

She talked, I listened.  We prayed, she expressed her desire to God.  Last night she took some steps on her journey of hope.  Pray for A. and her 10 year old son S.  There is one who will do all he can to snatch this desire from her and set up obstacles on her journey of hope.

Restrooms in other countries have always been fascinating to me perhaps because they tend to be so far from what I am used to in the United States.  

There is quite an assortment of bathrooms available in Colombia.

• Some have the toilet tissue dispenser next to the paper towel dispenser before you enter the individual stall.  Important to make note of this BEFORE entering the stall :-)
• Others  have the toilet tissue dispenser inside each stall.
• As you enter some restrooms you need to pay 25 cents and you receive the toilet tissue nicely folded-and sometimes in a plastic wrapping!
• A few of the toilet seats have a comfortable bowl that we women are used to sitting on.  Others, well...I guess they are  not considered a necessity.

Today, however I observed something I have not seen before. 

There is a public restroom in a public park in the center of town near my favorite coffee shop.
Blot out your existing idea of public bathrooms.  This one was amazing!

• Very clean.  
• Well attended.  A greeter at the entrance to receive your 25 cents and hand you your neatly wrapped toilet tissue.  
• Next to him there is a display case filled with...chewing gum, hard candies, chocolates, individual packets of shampoo and deodorant.  Quite a selection to chose from.

If you keep your eyes open, you can experience many interesting things in a normally  mundane place during an everyday outing!  I love living in another culture!