Grateful

I heard it said in a sermon recently "There is nothing more annoying than an ungrateful child." (The sermon about prayer is here, and it's awesome! You should listen to it!) This statement has seriously had me thinking recently.  I don't want to be ungrateful for everything God has given to me. The big stuff as well as the daily and mundane stuff. And to shake my world a little more, I've come to know some of the people at the Willow Bend Mall Chick-fil-A in Plano.

I had the preveledge of working with two awesome ladies from Iran. One lady was married and had two children by the age of sixteen. And that is just the tip of an iceberg of her hard life. The other waited 12 years to finally get a visa to come to the United States with her husband and two daughters.  12 YEARS! She left her parents, siblings, and nieces, who she loves very much, to have a better future for her daughters. Her husband left an engineering job in Iran for a minimum paying job here. It just blows my mind to leave a family, language, culture and comfort to come to the United States for a better future.  I am thankful for so much in my life, but I take so much for granted! I'm learning to be thankful for every meal, for leftovers, and for the air conditioner on a hot day.  

I am also thankful for Chick-fil-A and this opportunity to travel, to work, and to meet new people. I'm excited to announce that David and I have moved back to the east coast. David is managing a store in the Eastridge Mall in Gastonia, NC. We are living in downtown Charlotte, but there will be more details about that later.  It's pretty awesome!!