I have always enjoyed getting into my sun drenched car after leaving an air-conditioned restaurant. I like being warm. In the summer, however, I have been burned because the sun drenched interior became an oven, and I have to wait for the stifling interior to cool. If I run the air-conditioning for a few moments, I am back to a comfortable temperature and quickly begin thinking of other things. Comfort is a big factor in our lifestyle and decision making. We work hard to be comfortable and sometimes come to take our comforts for granted.

On our recent mission trip to Nicaragua, some of those comforts disappeared

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