tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584918674033494388.post4188331177339982575..comments2023-11-03T03:00:45.988-06:00Comments on The View From La Puerta Trasera: ObservationsJeanette Gartnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260101109607367027noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584918674033494388.post-24910249508968069972009-02-05T17:08:00.000-06:002009-02-05T17:08:00.000-06:00That is so true, Darrell!That is so true, Darrell!Jeanette Gartnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01260101109607367027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584918674033494388.post-25119073719681345282009-02-04T16:43:00.000-06:002009-02-04T16:43:00.000-06:00Some time ago a friend of our family arranged the ...Some time ago a friend of our family arranged the immigration of a young (17 or 18 years old) girl from Russia. This girl spent the early part of her life in an orphanage and then was allowed to leave at age 16. She was living on the streets in St. Petersburg for about a year before she met our friend (a missionary). When the girl first arrived here she was asked if she would like to go grocery shopping. She gladly accepted but shortly after entering a local Schnuks store she became very frightened and nearly froze in her tracks. She was confused and did not know how to deal with the number of choices that were presented on the shelves. She had never seen that much food and that many choices. She was used to standing in line on the street for things like toilet paper and shoes. When she did go into the markets in St. Petersburg the shelves were often bare with few choices. People from the industrialized nations like the U.S. have no concept of how the rest of the world lives. We just assume that everybody lives like we do.Darrell Bartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08126798029610820643noreply@blogger.com