More reason to be thankful...

The other day I decided to buy Ibu Nina some diapers for her little baby girl. I bought a pack of 14 diapers. I think all of you back home would say, wow, that’s a small package, it’ll only last about 2 days. To Ibu Nina, who normally buys one diaper at a time, or maybe a pack of 6 if her husband has just been paid, this was a very big package of diapers. Normally her baby wears these thin cloth diaper type things that you tie on. But as soon as the baby pees she needs to be changed because her clothes get wet. So Ibu Nina spends an enormous amount of time washing the baby’s diapers and clothes in between feeding her. They also have to wash everything by hand as they don’t have a machine. So I felt rather sorry for her and decided to buy her some diapers. The pack of 14 only cost me about $3.50. Unlike with us, I’m sure this pack will last more than 2 days as they normally only use them at night or if they have to go out.
Just another reason to be thankful for what we have the ability to buy…

This is the best "before" photo I could find of our kitchen. The next photo is what Rp 600,000 will buy you... Our old cupboard doors were growing mould on them and they also didn't allow any air to circulate in the cupboard and so it was a veritable petri dish down there... not very healthy. So while we hated to have to spend money on a house that's not our own and that we're only going to live in for another 6 months, we feel that it's better for our health this way.