Pounding Rocks for About $2 Each Day

As we drive along the streets of Lusaka, there are many people (many older ladies), sitting near piles of quarts-looking rocks that you might use for a garden path, or a driveway, if you chose not to use pavement.  Today we asked a friend how much one might make for pounding large rocks into smaller rocks all day, every day, with your bare hands.  He said one wheelbarrow-full is worth about $2.  So, if you actually sell your wheelbarrow-full, you earn $2 for working all day breaking up large rocks into smaller rocks.  If you don’t sell your wheelbarrow-full, you worked your fingers to the bone for nothing, all day.  It is amazing to me how many people are out of work, and how many people work for almost nothing, because working for almost nothing is much better than working for nothing.  Please pray for our family, since we look so wealthy (our skin color has something to do with that, and the fact that we are driving a car, even though borrowed adds to the ‘look’), that we would be wise in how we shop, to support the folks literally working their fingers to the bone to provide for their families, vs. supporting the large groceries and stores that are simpler for us.  We want to be faithful with what our supporters have given, so that we, in turn, support those who are working hard to provide for their families.