I slept through the night last night for the first time since returning from Ethiopia. Yet, this sweet little one and images of those like him keep racing through my mind and heart. His nose is running....which is so common, especially after a big rain. There were big rains while I was in Ethiopia. He is naked. Why you might ask? He is naked because his family cannot afford clothes for him but even where he lives in the jungle of Ethiopia near the town of Dilla it gets colder at night. This little one doesn't have a bed. He sleeps on a mat on a dirt floor in his mud hut that has no electricity, no running water and no latrines and much of the time no food. Perhaps you can't tell in this picture but his little tummy is hungry. So how am I coping since returning? I'm transitioning but my heart aches for the plight of children just as these in Ethiopia. In Dilla we saw many street orphans and made sure that an 11 year old, very sick boy was taken to a clinic and that someone we know would follow-up regarding his well being. In Sodo a few of us helped a woman with a blind husband and small child get to the hospital for treatment. She had typhoid and malaria....but she will live now because we cared and were the hands and feet of Jesus. In our country we worry about what we are going to wear or how elaborate our Thanksgiving dinner this year. I know because I used to worry about all of those things too....but not now. Now I think about how to forgo lattes; save money and give more to organizations like New Covenant Foundation because I've held some of the more than 6,000,000 orphans in Ethiopia alone. I've wiped the noses of little guys like this guy. I've experienced the lack of education; the lack of medical care and most importantly the lack of hope. As we approach Thanksgiving, we all have so much for which to give thanks. When you sit down to say your thanks and eat your turkey, try for just a moment to remember the face of this little guy and ask God, "What can I do Lord?" For those much is given, much is expected.