Comments on: Living in 180 Square Feet

By: You Gotta Have (A) Sole « Metallic Pea

You Gotta Have (A) Sole « Metallic Pea — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:13:33 +0000

[...] We often hear folks around us mention (no doubt with a certain degree of hyperbole) how ‘poor’ they are when, in fact, they really mean that they don’t have as much money as they wish they had. If you are interested to see what real poverty looks like, watch this. [...]

By: Brandy

Brandy — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:48:32 +0000

Wow. I’m sitting here with tears in my eyes looking around my house while my babies all sleep soundly in their beds…. and I have such an appreciation…but at the same time, it pains me to know that people actually call that living, call that life. It reminds me of building houses in Mexico. As a teen I had no idea what it meant to live like that other than “oh ma gosh, you don’t have a tv?!” But now, as a mom, as a wife, as an adult with responsibilities, it’s all so different. My heart is heavy.

I don’t know if you caught a comment from me on a post a while back…. I think I was late showing at that one too but my cousin has lived in the DR for several years. Started out as a missionary there and eventually “moved in” and started teaching kids there. He fell in love. As is easy to do in those situations.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:30:09 +0000

Thank you for sharing. I needed to see that today.

By: ncarnes

ncarnes — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:30:23 +0000

I will never again apologize to anyone that my 1,100 sq. ft. home is too small.

By: bradruggles

bradruggles — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:01:23 +0000

A very sobering remind about how good we really have it. These kind of videos should disturb us to action and get us thinking about how we can do with less so we can give more.

By: melissa irwin

melissa irwin — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:44:31 +0000

It is hard for me to comprehend that I sell houses for hundreds of thousands of dollars, while families in the DR and other 3rd world countries, build tiny shacks out of scrap wood….

Thanks so much for sharing this video.

By: Cheri

Cheri — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:39:46 +0000

I totally agree with Aaron, I have felt like that and I think everyone should see your video, we should appreciate what we have and be humbled that God has blessed us with so much.

By: Emily Rowe

Emily Rowe — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:11:25 +0000

That’s amazing! Thank you for sharing!

By: Tyler

Tyler — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:56:43 +0000

Pete-

I’ve been the DR to work in Villa Mella, a poorer part of Santo Domingo, to its north. I think what struck me about the DR was the vast difference between rich and poor. Part of my mission trip was to serve some of the richest students on the island at their private high school. After the school day ended I went to Villa Mella and served the poorest people I’ve ever been around. I think your house footage is accurate for a large sum of Dominicans, but there is the other side of the coin, the people that are wealthy enough to fly to Canada every winter to go skiing, and fly to Paris to go shopping. That is the sad part of being in a 3rd world country. A wide divide between rich and poor.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:31:13 +0000

thanks for sharing Pete

most of the time, i find myself comparing what I have to those who have more than me. that only produces feelings of envy and jealousy

when I turn my attention to those who have less than me, like the people you are helping in DR, it produces feelings of gratitude