Tabernacles

My family and I went camping at a State Park this past weekend to celebrate Sukkot (the feast of Tabernacles). It was so peaceful. Being able to keep my focus on God for two days without the distractions of life was truly amazing.
  I loved watching the children, including my own brother and sister, running around without having to worry about them being poorly influenced by the kids they were talking to. They were all well behaved, and it gave credit to their parents for raising them well, and biblically, and in the love of Christ.
  That's a desire I have for the orphans. To tell them of Jesus's love, because not all of them have heard the Good News. So whether by going to an orphanage, or by supporting one, or praying for one whenever it comes to mind, it's so important to help in some way.
  I'm learning to be content wherever I am. Whether it's it's here in the states saving money, or there, in the good times and bad, I am learning to pray and trust in the LORD.

 Philippians 4:11 Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content

 Matthew 16:24-25 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it."