I recently went to a screening of the Academy Award Nominated Short Films in the Live Action category. I enjoyed all of the films some more than others but my favorite two were the winner West Bank Story and Binta and the Great Idea.

I loved how Binta and the Great Idea exposes some of the great things about some African cultures. I found parallels to my experience in Kenya and how pure and beautiful some communities lived. I remember the community in the Machakos district where my fellow Samaritan's Purse interns lived, how almost perfect it was. Everyone had a place and was important. Children smiled and laughed and played together all the time and people stopped to greet one another all the time. Visiting was common and real generosity was common.

If you have 30min watch this video and let it warm your heart.



And if you need some comic relief you can find west bank story on you tube in two clips.