Canada is a pretty special place from someone else's eyes

jmont64 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Canada is a pretty special place from someone else's eyes

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

A good reminder Jerel.

In church this morning it was mentioned to us as well as mentioned in prayer. I am VERY guilty of taking it all for granted.

It may not be this easy for our children, grandchildren and so on.

Johann65 · Guru

AGREE!!!
A lot of South Africans have emmigrated to Canada over the years. The majority are highly professional people. Be thankful for not being in a country where killing and corruption is becoming a way of life.

We pray everyday that a change in attitude to make the world a better takes place for all of us to live in.

Turn2Stone · Poncho Master!

We are soooo lucky and most have no idea. I spent 7 months in Eritrea and Ethiopia and got a goood perspective on the daily life of people from this area of the world. I returned having difficulty dealing with the problems my kids had like broken XBOX, or a missing shoe or something. I gave up trying to preach gratitude, as its one of those things most have to experience for themselves. I learned and havent forgotten, how extremely fortunate I am to be Canadian.

67SD396 · Poncho Master!

We are very fortunate as Canadians...

Does anybody realize what happened in Uganda in 1994? The story is sad, tragic, and almost embarassing since we as a human race let this go on. I won't get graphic here but all one has to do is search on google "Rwanda Genocide". There are a couple movies out that try to bring the story to the big screen but I'm sure there is no comparison to what really happened.

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

Thank you for the reminder We need it every day.......

Life is like a coin.....

....you can spend it any way you wish but, you can only spend it once!

03cts sport · Uber Guru

And that's exactly what it is "luck". None of us can take any personal credit for being born in the best country in the world. The sometimes tough part is to remember our good fortune and ensure that we share our good fortunes with those that weren't so lucky...

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

03cts sport wrote:
None of us can take any personal credit for being born in the best country in the world.

Very well said.

ak 67sd · Poncho Master!

I have thought that a mandatory school trip in junior high should be a third world country to let kids learn an appreciation for what we have, would be a good trip for most adults too to gain perspective!!

ak

red rat · Guru

I'm the refugee co-ordinator at our church. Just last week we got approval from CIC for a refugee from Eritrea who was waiting to come to Canada since 2005. He could be here by Christmas.

Next Feb. I will be in Haiti, leading a missions team to rebuild a school there. They are so unbelieavably poor, yet many of the kids are still smiling.

jmont64 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

ak 67sd wrote:

I have thought that a mandatory school trip in junior high should be a third world country to let kids learn an appreciation for what we have, would be a good trip for most adults too to gain perspective!!

ak

I think you're right Andrew. I encouraged my kids to take advantage of the opportunity when they were in school and between the girls they went to the non tourist area of Mexico, Indonesia, and Africa. My son went this past year on his own to Rawanda and in my opinion it made a big difference in their lives. I think between the 3 of them I hear a whole lot less complaining and lot more appreciation for what we have and what is around us.