"Blessed are the poor, for theirs is the Kingdom of God"

I am so impressed by Emily going to do mission work. She is really taking time and effort to emerse herself in learning about another culture. How they live and what daily life is like for
these people.
I would love to have an experience like that. To live in another country for a week or so and learn a different way of life. My life has been so sheltered and I have always been provided for.
I don't know what it is like not to know where my next meal is coming from or how I am going to pay my bills. I think if I could have an expericne like that then I would appreciate even more what I have been blessed with.
I do struggle to make ends meet, but I really don't have the slightest idea what struggle really means. And to be poor but still have joy in my life. I want to be like that no matter what my circumstances are. To be content with what I have even though the situation may or may not change. People like that are really worth learning from. I am rich even though I don't have a huge savings account becuase I do have a job and I am able to pay my bills. That is more than most people have, and I am greatful. But I just want to know what it is like to have nothing but
still be able to live in this world in that way. Does that make any sense?
To have that exeperience would change my life forever. Hopefully I will have that opportunity.
Even if it is just to embrace the less fortunate in this country would also make a difference in my life and what I am called to do while I am here. If anyone knows of how I could make this happen, I am open for suggestions.
I jusst know that I need to grow in this area to really appreciate what God has chosen to bless me with. I know that if He can't trust me with what I have now, then how can He trust me with bigger things? This is the challenge at hand.