Starving

So I had big plans to blog about my Ireland Holiday, but something else has been on my mind. While on my trip it was sometimes hard to find places to eat ( they don't do fast food in Ireland) so we would sometimes have to wait longer than usual to get a meal. I kept saying.. "I'm starving." my sister simply looked at me, and said, "McKenzie, you have never been starving in your whole life." She is right, and I can't believe that those words would even come out of my mouth.

Last night i turned on the world news, and two reporters were showing their visits to Africa. Parts of Africa have not had a government for more than 20 years, and parts that do have governments are controlled by mean men! Southern Somalia is tipping into one of the worst humanitarian disasters to strike Africa in decades, but because of the myriad dangers here, aid organizations are struggling to bring in critically needed supplies and personnel to respond to the famine. I saw children that were actually starving. I get frustrated sometimes because I feel that I can not do anything to help, but I know I can. Even if it is just praying for them every night before bed.
I was going to post some pictures, but I was sick to my stomach just looking through them. Keep them in your prayers.
I told Layne that I did not understand how these people have the right to choose. Everyone is given free agency right? Some countries in Africa are controlled in almost every sense, even down to not being able to give their children immunizations. He reminded me of Victor Frankl. I love his book, "man's search for meaning." It is his story of being in the concentration camps. Even though he was controlled in every way he still had the agency to think how he wanted, and this helped him survive. Amazing. Brillant.

sorry if this blog is kinda sad, but maybe soon I will get the energy to blog about my trip, which was also brillant.

love,
McKenzie