I miss the squatty potty. How can I miss having a cement hole as my toilet? Perhaps I should explain: the squatty potty is so much more than just the squatty potty.
The squatty potty is one of the many ways you depend on God. As you squat over a hole, all you can do is pray, "God, get me through this. God give me strength." The squatty potty teaches you that He sustains you and supplies your strength. The squatty potty teaches you thankfulness-- for your toilet back home, and also for the squatty potty you have in your Africa-home. You see, when you visit a school and use a squatty potty where flies cover the walls, you find yourself thanking the Lord that your squatty potty at home only has cockroaches in it. The squatty potty shows you what the body of Christ is like. When there's that one night where the cockroaches won't crawl into the hole and you just can't do it, Megan goes first and pees on them for you, so that when it's your turn, they're already in the hole. The squatty potty bonds you with your team. That amazing group of girls go with you every night -Alaina, Summer, Megan. On that night where you keep saying, "I don't know if I can do this again." your girls stand outside the door saying, "Yes, you can." You bond over that stupid squatty potty. And it's absolutely beautiful.
And that, folks, is why I miss having a cement hole in the ground as my toilet.
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