Sometimes pleasures of life are so that I take them for granted, things that I've considered as my right, instead of a blessing. Ithis after a friend of mine, who served there as a volunteer, invited me to pay a visit to Honduras.
The night before I set off, I decided a warm bath would help calm mynerves and help me sleep. So Ithe hot water handle on the tub（浴盆）and waited. . . and waited. It took forever for the hot water to work its way through the pipes，so Ithe bath late at night. What anexperience!
On the five-hour drive to my friend's home, Ithe beautiful countryside. On my arrival, she took me to some families, who were in great，living in stick-and-mud houses and sleeping on dirt floors.，even in these terrible conditions，everyone I met had a smile on their face. They were so nice as towe stay for coffee. Among them were two women beside a dirty pond. One pushed dirt back with a stickthe other dipped the water into a bucket. I shot atoward the heavens,“Dear Lord, please don't let them offer coffee.” Suddenly，one little girl ran towards us,a mango（芒果）in each hand. The one in her left hand was half eaten.had mixed with the dirt on her skin and small streams of mango-mud ran down her wrist. She held out herhand and offered me the other mango, which Iaccepted. Her eyes danced and joy spread into a smile. When we left, my friend pointed at a small stream beside their home and said,“That is where they. It is also where the animals drink and defecate（排便）. ”I have to say I had never been so.
The evening I returned home, I went into my bathroom. The image of that poor little girlmy mind. Her bath would only take place in the cold, dirty water in the stream. I eased into my tub filled with warm water, enjoying this pleasure. Clean water wasn't my；it was a blessing, one I was determined towith others.
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