Thankful for Mud

I wanted to find some statistics on clean water availability in Burundi, but I didn't really find anything concisely quantifiable.  Anyway, there is not enough clean water, and many people have to walk miles even to collect contaminated ground water. 

I like to think that we are not raising our kids with the typical American materialistic focus, because they would almost always rather go play outside in the mud than with any toy.  But the sheer fact that they have water to play in, not just to drink and bathe in, is a privilege.  It is not something every kid in the world has.